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“In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of North America was not in any radical way dissimilar from that of what the American settlers called the mother country.”
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“The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.”
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“Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.”
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“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.”
Source : John Boyle O'Reilly, Liam Barry (1994). “Selected poems, speeches, dedications and letters of John Boyle O'Reilly, 1844-1890”
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“I feel as though I'm not breathing when I'm out of his presence. He's the oxygen in my air, the sun in my universe, the staff of my life. —Jane Gardiner”
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“It’s not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn’t even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves.”
Source : Rosario Castellanos (2010). “A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama”, p.356, University of Texas Press
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“Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.”
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“I hate losing more than I want to win.”
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“This is how it works You're young until you're not You love until you don't You try until you can't You laugh until you cry You cry until you laugh And everyone must breathe Until their dying breath No, this is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you like And try to love the things you took And then you take that love you made And stick it into some Someone else's heart Pumping someone else's blood And walking arm in arm You hope it don't get harmed But even if it does You'll just do it all again”
Source : Song: On The Radio, Album: Begin to Hope, 2006
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“Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.”
Source : Andrea Mitchell (2006). “Talking Back: To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels”, p.8, Penguin
