Dividing Quote by Barack Obama

“The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity.”

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She bent her finger and then straightened it. The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing moment between not moving and moving, when her intention took effect. It was like a wave breaking. If she could only find herself at the crest, she thought, she might find the secret of herself, that part of her that was…

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