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“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”
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“God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.”
Source : "No, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2012. 
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“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
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“Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.”
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“I forget the derivation of Boxing Day, but the feeling of wanting to invite your loved ones outside one at a time and punch them in the face, does that come into it somewhere?”
Source : Allison Pearson (2004). “I don't know how she does it: the life of Kate Reddy, working mother”
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“Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.”
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“I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.”
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“On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.”
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“The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.”
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“And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.”
