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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

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Voltaire

We cannot wish for that we know not.

Know, Knows, Wish

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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

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The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

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Every writer has to find their own way into writing.

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Ann Beattie

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When I was teaching at Harvard in the 1970s, I went to Project Incorporated in Cambridge and took photography classes. I didn't even know how to aim the camera in those days.

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George R. R. Martin

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Arya, What are you doing?" "Syrio says a water dancer can stand on one toe for hours. " Her hands flailed at the air to steady herself. Ned had to smile. "Which toe?" he teased. "ANY toe," Arya said, exasperated with the question. She hopped from her right leg to her left, swaying dangerously before she regained her balance. "Must you do your standing here?" he asked. "It's a long hard fall down these steps. " "Syrio says a water dancer NEVER falls.

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Charles Spurgeon

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Affliction of itself does not sanctify any body, but the reverse. I believe in sanctified afflictions, but not in sanctifying afflictions.

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