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“Love turns ma into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man's very Self, his true beauty, and the glory of his human existence.”
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“National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.”
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“I rang my mother to thank her for giving birth to me and she said, "What choice had I? You were in there, how else were you going to get out?”
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“My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.”
Source : Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. March 8, 2011. 
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“The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.”
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“It wasn't until I had performed by first autopsy that I realized that even the drabest human exteriors could contain the most beautiful viscera. After that, I would console myself for the plainness of my fellow bus-riders by dissecting them in my imagination.”
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“As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.”
Source : Frederick Russell Burnham, Mary Nixon Everett (1944). “Taking chances”
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“Technically, Japan and South Korea normalized their diplomatic ties 50 years ago, but this wasn't included in the Normalization Treaty because forced prostitution, coerced sex just was taboo to even talk about.”
Source : "South Korea, Japan Reach Major Deal On Wartime Sex Slaves". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 28, 2015.
