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“President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.”
Source : "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
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“If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.”
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“We cannot measure, what it is we do not know to value.”
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“The average Southerner has the speech patterns of someone slipping in and out of consciousness. I can change my shoes and socks faster than most people in Mississippi can speak a sentence.”
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“Do you think amethysts can be the souls of good violets?”
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“I was definitely never a crowd pleaser.”
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“I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.”
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“Only a system of state-controlled schools can be free to teach whatever the welfare of the State may demand.”
Source : Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1919). “Public Education in the United States: A Study and Interpretation of American Educational History; an Introductory Textbook Dealing with the Larger Problems of Present-day Education in the Light of Their Historical Development”
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“Neither logic nor scientific evidence supports such a belief. Although spinal manipulation can relieve certain types of back pain, neck pain, and other musculoskeletal symptoms, there is no scientific evidence that it can restore or maintain health. As a result of expressing my opinion on this subject, I have been called a chiropractic heretic.”
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“With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight.”
Source : Chris Bohjalian (2010). “Secrets of Eden: A Novel”, p.325, Crown