"When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they understood this well, and, in their conversations with me, they made no particular attempt to conceal the factâ€¦ I am confident that the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode as this. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in 1915."

-- Henry Morgenthau, Sr.

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“In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.”
“I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together.”
“Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States.”

Source : "Fox News Sunday", www.foxnews.com. August 4, 2002.
“The secret to feeling attractive, and to being attractive, is the confidence that comes from knowing who you are and what you believe in.”
“Fear is a good thing because it keeps you alive, but if it becomes so great that it hinders you from doing what you want, you need to confront it head-on”
“I have expanded my mind and destroyed my liver but I didn't give up.”

Source : Charlie Day's Commencement Address at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, www.businessinsider.com. May 21, 2014.
“Although love unreturned can drive you to despair, trust that somewhere out there, someone is waiting just for you.”
“It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.”

Source : 1959 Of opening night reviews.The Ape In Me.

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