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Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.
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To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.
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I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.
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I will never leave China, unless I am forced to. Because China is mine. I will not leave something that belongs to me in the hands of people I do not trust.
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We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.
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Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.
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When all else fails, complicate matters
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Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.
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In Britain, you never get away from the fact that you're a foreigner. In the U.S., the view is it doesn't matter where you come from.
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No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives
