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Ken Kesey

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KEN CUCCINELLI Sometimes isolation can be shared.
KEN GRIMWOOD There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.
KEN OLSEN The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
KEN OLSEN Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
KEN LIVINGSTONE The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, t...
KEN KONECKI I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head.
KEN BURNS In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.
KEN THOMPSON Apparently the rarest commodities on earth are truth and honesty.
KEN POIROT The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines fo...
KEN CALVERT Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effec...
KEN CUCCINELLI The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happen...
KEN CALVERT When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during th...
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