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#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“People are often unable to do anything, imprisoned as they are in I don't know what kind of terrible, terrible, oh such terrible cage.”
“I canâ€™t write five words but that I change seven.”
“My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did two things. First, he taught me that all human beings should be treated equally because no one is better than anyone else, and he never pressured me to become a doctor.”
“It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest.”
“Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.”

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“To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I.”
“Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.”
“Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.”

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