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“What makes revolutionary thought unique is its clarity and dignity, and its clear grasp of freedom and justice: simple, clear words that are understood without the need for any help from elite writers or thinkers.”
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“Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.”
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“Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.”
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“People say, My God, you're so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.”
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“Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school. In Canada, five boys drop out for every three girls. Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.”
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“And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and just in human affairs. It is the time to live more with faith and less with fear- with an abiding confidence that can sweep away the strongest barriers between us and teach us that we truly are brothers and sisters.”
Source : George McGovern (2004). “The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition”, p.165, Simon and Schuster
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“When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.”
Source : John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.433, Wordsworth Editions
