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I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me. When… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
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The Mississippi River carries the mud of thirty states and two provinces 2,000 miles south to the delta and deposits 500 million… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
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The great example, the killer example in history, is of course Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. Read his speeches. Read the debates.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
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Surely it's better to live in the country, to live on a prairie by a drawing of rivers, in Iowa or Illinois… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
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If there's any success that I've had, it is a direct reflection of the people I work with. We have a very… — Cheri Bustos Copy Share Image
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