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“I didn't realize until those few days how much a hug meant. To have someone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all.”
Source : Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.229, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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“All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years.”
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“England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should sink to the level of a fifth rate Power, our Colonies would be stripped from us, our commerce would decline, famine and unemployment would stalk the land... I have yet to learn that the cause of peace can be served by rendering our country impotent.”
Source : "Semi-detached Idealists: The British Peace Movement and International Relations". Book by Martin Ceadel, p. 271, 2000.
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“Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.”
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“Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.”
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“Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind of car to drive. It simply raises the price of gasoline and lets people adjust their behavior accordingly.”
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“I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.”
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“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.”
