"Black scientists and technicians, many of them women, used cells from a black woman to help save the lives of millions of Americans, most of them white. And they did so on the same campusâ€”and at the very same timeâ€”that state officials were conducting the infamous Tuskegee syphilis studies."

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Source : Rebecca Skloot (2010). “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”, p.97, Broadway Books

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“Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.43, David C Cook
“For me as leader my time is nearly over but for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream will never die,”

Source : "'My time as leader is nearly over but for Scotland the dream shall never die'". www.heraldscotland.com. September 20, 2014.
“So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We, like the Mother of the World, become the compassionate presence that can hold, with tenderness, the rising and passing waves of suffering.”
“Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.”
“Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option”

Source : Obert Skye (2009). “The Wrath of Ezra”, p.54, Simon and Schuster
“I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.”
“The political system loves the extremes, it doesnt so much show a lot love for the moderates.”

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