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An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign.
~ Russell Smith
Extent
Indian
Permits
Sovereign
Tribe
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A song is a short composition for voice and instruments. It is a piece of sung poetry set to music. It is usually only a few minutes long.
~ Russell Smith
Composition
Few
Instruments
Long
Minutes
Music
Only
Piece
Poetry
Set
Short
Song
Sung
Voice
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A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.
~ Russell Smith
Art
Beauty
Craftsmanship
Dinner
Friends
Gallery
Garment
Just
Magical
Out
Practical
Robe
Something
Suit
Symbolic
Think
Utterly
Visit
Wasted
Worn
You
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Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.
~ Russell Smith
Ah
Basically
Canadian
Incompatible
Problem
Winter
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All coffee shops now have WiFi. Why bring a book when you could be wittily attacking some idiot columnist on Twitter, or responding to your date requests, or posting a picture of your foot? All of that is more gripping and immediate and social than books.
~ Russell Smith
Attacking
Book
Books
Bring
Coffee
Coffee Shops
Columnist
Could
Date
Foot
Idiot
Immediate
More
Now
Picture
Posting
Requests
Responding
Shops
Social
Some
Than
Twitter
Why
You
Your
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Anyone who has set out to invent a purely imaginary story knows that the whole thing is fantasy, from beginning to end; there must be a sense of magic created about the most restrained of naturalism.
~ Russell Smith
About
Anyone
Beginning
Created
End
Fantasy
Imaginary
Invent
Knows
Magic
Most
Must
Naturalism
Out
Purely
Restrained
Sense
Set
Story
Thing
Who
Whole
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Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm going to pay for.
~ Russell Smith
Anything
Book
Boy
Compelling
Encourages
Games
Going
More
Open
Pay
Something
Therefore
Video
Video Games
Violent
World
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Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.
~ Russell Smith
Abstract
Always
Art
Artists
Calls
Come
Form
Governments
Realism
Regimes
Simplification
Some
Suspicious
Themselves
Totalitarian
Why
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Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup.
~ Russell Smith
Canadian
Cup
Just
Lining
Live
Mansions
Second
See
Talk
Them
Up
Writers
You
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Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the tribe is defined by opposition to other tribes. Our tribe, and its traditional ways, is superior to other tribes because it is ours.
~ Russell Smith
Because
Behind
Belonging
Coherence
Conservative
Defined
Essential
Group
Impetus
Kind
Opposition
Other
Our
Ours
Spirit
Superior
Traditional
Tribe
Tribes
Ways
Whole
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Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.
~ Russell Smith
Adulthood
Atmosphere
Early
Encouragement
Even
Example
Generally
Men
Moved
Only
Sophisticated
Wear
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Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature.
~ Russell Smith
Addictions
Artistic
Everyone
Evidence
Hear
Likes
Nature
Sensitive
Simply
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Fashion has always been in conflict with convention. Style involves some knowledge of both. But you can pretty much forget these seasonal injunctions.
~ Russell Smith
Always
Been
Both
Conflict
Convention
Fashion
Forget
Involves
Knowledge
Much
Pretty
Some
Style
You
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From its beginning, fan fiction has been written mostly by women. Originally, this was because of a dearth of interesting female characters in conventional sci-fi.
~ Russell Smith
Because
Been
Beginning
Characters
Conventional
Fan
Female
Female Characters
Fiction
Has-Been
Interesting
Mostly
Originally
Sci-Fi
Women
Written
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Frosh-week songs are meant to be offensive because offensive is rebellious.
~ Russell Smith
Because
Meant
Meant To Be
Offensive
Rebellious
Songs
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Guys think that the military associations of camo are going to make them look tough, as if they might just break out a shotgun and take down a passing duck at any given moment. I'm not so sure.
~ Russell Smith
Any
Any Given Moment
Associations
Break
Down
Duck
Given
Going
Guys
Just
Look
Make
Might
Military
Moment
Out
Passing
Shotgun
Sure
Take
Them
Think
Tough
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Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us tend to be the most non-private people you know? The people launching petitions and wailing about Big Brother and data collection are most likely to be the most constant self-presenters.
~ Russell Smith
About
Apparently
Arms
Big
Big Brother
Brother
Collection
Constant
Data
Governments
Know
Launching
Likely
Most
Noticed
People
Spying
Tend
Up
Us
You
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Here is a fundamental conflict in educated society: We are not supposed to value beauty so highly, and yet who can defend against its sheer power to move, its rhetorical force?
~ Russell Smith
Against
Beauty
Conflict
Defend
Educated
Force
Fundamental
Here
Highly
Move
Power
Rhetorical
Sheer
Society
Supposed
Value
Who
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I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.
~ Russell Smith
About
Admit
Am
Appearance
Care
Comfort
don't Care
How
I Am
Indeed
Look
Mean
Nuts
Over
Privilege
Sometimes
Will
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I am so sick of being exhorted, as a writer, to improve the world by representing it in a more hopeful way.
~ Russell Smith
Am
Being
Hopeful
I Am
Improve
More
Representing
Sick
Way
World
Writer
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