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2007
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We had to do something [in Bush v. Gore], because countries were laughing at us. France was laughing at us.
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― The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
― The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
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Weirdly, D&D didn't encourage my leanings towards trying magic of my own at all. In fact, it frustrated them. Even the most pompous and ambitious historical magicians, from the Zaroastrian Magi through John Dee, Francis Barrett and Aleister Crowley, never claimed to be able to throw fireballs or lightning bolts like D&D wizards can. So D&D was never going to feed the fantasies of practising magic in the real world. That is all about gaining secret knowledge, a higher level of perception or infli
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― The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange
― The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange
