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“Many people have this memory of traditional TV documentary-making that aims to portray pure reality, and I just don't see that as the only option.”

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In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.

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“Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?”

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“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.”

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I already have a pet project called Project Shakti and it aims on educating women on menstruation cycle.

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The aims of anarchists and true communists are identical.

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The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned…

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“To a versifier, sounds are the means and the aim; a poet travels toward the aim using sounds.”

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“Misses exist to hit the target.”

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