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Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It`s in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

- John Shirley

In today`s world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what`s good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.

- Alvin Franco

The petitioner was held in a sealed underground cell, with no windows and no way to escape the poison chemicals that were pumped into his cell (ostensibly to kill cockroaches.) The petitioner`s throat swelled up from the chemicals; he could not breathe. He began to choke. He vomited. His eyes swelled shut. He began shaking and was in great pain. His head began to throb. He lost consciousness. Before he passed out, he pleaded with the guards to remove him from his cell but they refused. The petitioner suffered from severe headaches, nausea and dizziness for weeks after this episode. It is not clear if there has been permanent damage to his respiratory system.

- Andy Landers