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refilling QUOTES

1 " Are we, intellectual sirs, not actively or passively 'producing' more and more words, more books, more articles, ceaselessly refilling the pot-boiler of speech, gorging ourselves on it rather, seizing books and 'experiences', to metamorphose them as quickly as possible into other words, plugging us in here, being plugged in there, just like Mina on her blue squared oilcloth, extending the market and the trade in words of course, but also multiplying the chances of jouissance, scraping up intensities wherever possible, and never being sufficiently dead, for we too are required to go from forty to the hundred a day, and we will never play the whore enough, we will never be dead enough "

― Jean-François Lyotard , Libidinal Economy

2 " From " Lunchtime At The Justice Cafe" :The waitress snarled a grin that lasted just long enough to show a mouthful of stained yellowed teeth, then turned suddenly serious. “‘Course I’m not the one to talk about these folks, I ‘spose. You see, I used to do a bit of eavesdroppin’ in my day before the sheriff put a stop to that.” 

She lifted the stringy blond hair from the side of her face, the opposite side from where she had hidden her pencil. There was a small hole about the size of a quarter where her ear should have been. “As you can see, Mr. McAllister, Sheriff Sweet puts a fairly high price on mindin’ your own business in Justice,” she added, refilling his cup. “You want some pie?” 
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3 " Is it true, then, Mayor?" Grandmother Miss Lacy Thornton warbled from the end of the counter. " Is Jesse Tatum officially dead?" " Dead is such an unflattering term," he said, sliding onto his stool. " I prefer to think of Jesse as... passe." The Azalea Women gasped." What's passe mean?" Tinks Williams asked the Colonel, his voice low." Dead," the Colonel said, refilling Tink's iced tea. "

4 " Have some more tea, dear," Hester said, reaching for the pot and refilling my cup. " I always find that helps. "