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“Fire, loveliest of the four elements of the world, and yet an element too in Hell. While it burned adoringly in the core of the Temple, it had also scorched the life from a city, this night, and spewed its venom over the land. How strange of God to speak from a burning bush, and of Man to make a symbol of Heaven into a symbol of Hell.”
Source : Walter M. Miller Jr (2014). “A Canticle For Leibowitz”, p.156, Hachette UK
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“A conductor should guide rather than command.”
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“They are a great essay in male friendship, which has gone now. Men's friendship has been debased. One of the lovely things about Holmes and Watson is that they do have this great platonic relationship.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“You can always say sorry but the real apology is when you hear the sadness in their voice and see the look in their eyes. And you realize that they have hurt themselves just as much.”
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“It's a neat experience to go from the blank page to an actor elevating it to the audience understanding it - the full life of that is why I became a writer.”
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“I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace.”
Source : Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, www.epl.org. June 29, 2011.
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“The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours. Young people, full of vigour and vitality, are in the bloom of life, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Our hope is placed on you...The world belongs to you. China's future belongs to you.”
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“Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.”
