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The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money… — Ron Chernow
We arrive with our...'baggage' and for a while they're brilliant, they're 'Baggage Handlers.' We say, 'Where's your baggage?' They deny all knowledge of it...'They're in… — Patrick Marber
Well apparently nothing as of December 13, 1978. There was 20 trained police officers came to the house, with a warrant..searched the house, and they… — John Wayne Gacy
While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this… — William Eldridge Odom
The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed. — Norwood Russell Hanson
There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be held and cherished… — John Dewey
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I don't… — Hanif Kureishi
To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light. — Richard J. Foster
When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. — Laozi
...[Changers] were a threat to identity, a challenge to the individualism even of those they were never likely to impersonate. It had nothing to do… — Iain Banks
The twin guardian angels whose eyes and hands and wings had focused protective attention on the souls that lay there no longer faced each other.… — Claire Morgan
Head held high, she stepped toward the block and sank to her knees, and it was then that Akiva started to scream. His voice soared… — Laini Taylor
It can be said, then, that Everlost is heaven...for the places that deserve a share of forever. Such places are few and far between...The greatest… — Neal Shusterman
Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something… — Herbert Butterfield
For you who came so far; for you who held out, wearing a black scarf to signify grief; for you who believe true love can… — Naomi Shihab Nye
He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or… — Dean Koontz
I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life — Marlon Brando
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about… — Stephen Ambrose
I had come to realize the importance of the Nation, and of shared, communal, social responsibility, to be held as equally important as individual concerns.… — Thomas Paine

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