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To have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
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Live in constant gratitude. No matter what the condition today, no matter how dark, how dreary, how painful and difficult…to day is… — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
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It was not noisy prejudice that caused the work of Mendel to lie dead for thirty years, but the sheer inability of… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
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The world has long observed that small acts of immorality, if repeated, will destroy character. It is equally manifest, though never said,… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
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Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurist drivel; ‘Star Trek’ can turn your brains into puree of bat guano; and… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
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