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“I met a lot of the senior Taliban, and I asked them precisely [about Mullah Omar]. The most common answer was he is humble. And that was very true. We never had reports of Mullah Omar living luxuriously or making money in large quantities or anything like that.”
Source : Source: www.npr.org
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“Parents wrongly assume that their daughters live in a world similar to the one they experienced as adolescents. They are dead wrong. Their daughters live in a media-drenched world floded with junk values. As girls turn from their parents, they turn to this world for guidance about how to be an adult.”
Source : Mary Pipher (2005). “Reviving Ophelia”, p.56, Penguin
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“These men [medical doctors] plan ways of doubling their incomes and come to the public with the plea that they are sincerely interested in the health and welfare of our children and that they put over their income-increasing programs for the health of our babies and for the welfare of the school children. They are as cold-blooded as any class of criminals on the whole earth. Indeed, I know of no other class of criminals who live by crippling, maiming and killing babies and children.”
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“It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.”
Source : Jacqueline Kelly (2009). “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate”, p.111, Macmillan
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“The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.”
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“A tall young man sped swiftly up the wide stone steps leading to the doorway of a mansion in one of Chicago's most fashionable avenues.”
Source : George Barr McCutcheon (2013). “The George Barr McCutcheon MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Novels and Stories”, p.1476, Wildside Press LLC
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“If we live truly, we shall see truly.”
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“The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn't stop until you get to school.”
