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“Nothing in our culture, not even home computers, is more overrated than the epidermal felicity of two featherless bipeds in desperate congress.” — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
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I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The Catholic community, with many others, has long worked for this new commitment on global health and debt relief (President George W.… — John Ricard Copy Share Image
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Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi are our star campaigners. Our party will fight under their leadership. — Jitin Prasada Copy Share Image
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