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The Pentagon, by its own rules, cannot be keeping information about people that are not threats to the military.


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BEN HOROWITZ I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so ...
BEN JONSON Sweet meat must have sour sauce.
BEN JONSON So wise, so grave, of so perplex'd a tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, not scarce L...
BEN JONSON I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you
BEN FOLDS A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.
BEN JONSON A brute without a single redeeming point.
BEN JONSON O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised Thus with...
BEN JONSON I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.
BEN HECHT