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“Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.”
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“World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.”
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“The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.”
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“We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.”
Source : Ayad Allawi's Speech to U.S. Congress, www.nytimes.com. September 23, 2004. 
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“A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page.”
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“If rock-and-roll is well done, there's nothing so terribly wrong with that kind of music. But the lyrics are another story.”
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“Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It's a platform where we could offer information, but it's also an escape.”
Source : "Rhymes and reason". Interview with Douglas Century, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2002.
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“I think a man needs to be a man. To hold a woman the way she wants to be held. Just do whatever your woman wants, and you'll be fine.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
