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“As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their best efforts to allay them.”
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“We weep for a bird’s cry, but not for a fish’s blood. Blessed are those with a voice.”
Source : "Fictional character: Major Motoko Kusanagi". "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence", www.imdb.com. 2004.
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“Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.”
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“President Obama filled out his March Madness bracket. You can tell Obama's mind is elsewhere because his top two picks were Israel and Iran.”
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“I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that”
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“To silence criticism is to silence freedom.”
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“Tea would arrive, the cakes squatting on cushions of cream, toast in a melting shawl of butter, cups agleam and a faint wisp of steam rising from the teapot shawl.”
Source : Gerald Durrell, Lee Durrell (1996). “The best of Gerald Durrell”, Harpercollins
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“Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.”
Source : Gilbert Parker “The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker”, Library of Alexandria