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“My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it's not what I wanted to do. I would say, "No, Papa, I will never go into politics." As I've said before, this is not the life I chose; it chose me ... But I accepted the responsibility and I've never wavered in my commitment.”
Source : "Destiny’s daughter". Interview with Ginny Dougary, www.thetimes.co.uk. April 28, 2007.
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“when the day comes that I kneel by your bedside and see your eyes close, or you kneel by mine, it must be that the one who waits behind shall know the parting is not all.”
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“Art devoid of danger lacks many other things as well: pleasure, beauty, and the ability to save us. Poems that divest the self of its masks in order to analyze how those masks are made - by what means, by whom, for what ostensible purpose - those poems risk offering us refuge.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“Don’t become me. Don’t let her down like I did. You only deserve what you make yourself worthy of. Do what I couldn’t. Be a man.”
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“Every dogma must have its day.”
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“Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy.”
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“As yogis, we are constantly exploring the world of duality, while being acutely aware of the unity of all things.”
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“After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable.”
Source : Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, supreme.justia.com. 2007.