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“These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy, the West believes it could attack Russian military installations with such effectiveness that serious retaliation would be impossible.”
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“Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown”
Source : Chaim Potok (1984). “My Name is Asher Lev”, Fawcett
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“An Italian piazza was my vision - a place where people would come and meet, see an exhibition, browse through books, have a drink, eat, rest, shop. Even today, the best compliment is when someone tells me that they were having a difficult day, and when they came here, they felt better.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“She was perfect. I knew this the moment she emerged from my body, white and wet and wailing. Beyond the requisite ten fingers and ten toes, the beating heart, the lungs inhaling and exhaling oxygen, my daughter knew how to scream. She knew how to make herself heard. She knew how to reach out and latch on. She knew what she needed to do to survive. I didn’t know how it was possible that such perfection could have developed within a body as flawed as my own, but when I looked into her face, I saw that it clearly was.”
Source : Vanessa Diffenbaugh (2011). “The Language of Flowers”, p.173, Pan Macmillan
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“My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.”
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“Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless.”
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“From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.”
Source : George Sarton (1964). “A History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece”
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“To be artist, and lover, that is the true goal, the only adequate objective, the divinely destined end for man.”
Source : Bernard Iddings Bell (1947). “A Man Can Live ...”
