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“I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further hope.”
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“An instant can crush a brain and change the course of life, the course of history.”
Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.29, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should be. May I never look at the other findings until I have come to my own true conclusions: May I care for the least of the young: and become aware of the one poem that each may have written; may I be aware of what each thing is, delighted with form, and wary of the false comparison; may I never use the word "brilliant."”
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“Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.”
Source : "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.
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“A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.”
Source : Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1988). “Political and moral dimensions”, p.435, Transaction Publishers
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“I liked her better for showing a little spirit.”
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“Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.”
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“In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.”