Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application … - Suzanne La Follette

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The promise of celebrity is a transcendental human state of existence. It's not real. We do know the fact that celebrities as mortal beings exist and if you are looking for love by being famous or being around the famous - ultimately that goes away.

Suzanne La Follette

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human. "

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