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“What does one plant who plants a tree? One plants the friend of sun and sky; One plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high.”
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“By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.”
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“From the beginning however, there was resistence to Portuguese mastery over Kotte. While Dharmapala was alive there were two major revolts, one led by Akaragama Appuhamy in 1594, and the other by Edirille rala in 1594-96.”
Source : "A History of Sri Lanka". Book by K. M. De Silva, 1981.
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“It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, and once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it.”
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“My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.”
Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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“Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.”
Source : "IAEA Chief: Israel the Real Rogue Nuclear State". glossynews.com. October 08, 2009.
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“As long as I don't break the camera, I'll be fine.”
Source : "Susan Boyle, Unsung Hero". www.harpersbazaar.com. August 5, 2009.
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“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
Source : Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.15, The Minerva Group, Inc.