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“There is a reason you keep hearing about the power of educating girls in the developing world. Its a reason so simple that you will probably view it with suspicion, as I once did. It's this: educating girls works. Really works.”
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“But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“There is at least one truth to every myth, and it takes one truth to create a lie. Lies can be formed from Truth; however, Truth cannot be formed from lies.”
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“I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.”
Source : "'The Killing' Mireille Enos interview: 'I thought controversy was great'". Interview with Morgan Jeffery, www.digitalspy.com. September 23, 2011.
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“There are a host of ethnic minorities in China but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number. History has taught the Han that other groups will and should ultimately be absorbed and assimilated as Han. There is a belief that the Han enjoy a superior and far more advanced culture.”
Source : "Identity runs deep in China" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2009.
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“There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born.”
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“I felt him there with me. The real David. My David. David, you are still here. Alive. Alive in me.Alive in the galaxy.Alive in the stars.Alive in the sky.Alive in the sea.Alive in the palm trees.Alive in feathers.Alive in birds.Alive in the mountains.Alive in the coyotes.Alive in books.Alive in sound.Alive in mom.Alive in dad.Alive in Bobby.Alive in me.Alive in soil.Alive in branches.Alive in fossils.Alive in tongues.Alive in eyes.Alive in cries.Alive in bodies.Alive in past, present and future. Alive forever.”
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“Oh, children, growing up to be Adventurers into sophistry, Forbear, forbear to be of those That read the rood to learn the rose.”