"Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

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"Any conflict has to perpetrators, and there are invariably faults on each side which cause and exacerbate it. It take two to make a fight. If one party withdraws itself from the region of conflict the…"

— Wahiduddin Khan

Social Activism1925–2021

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"Again, every citizen should be trained sedulously by every activity at our command to realize his duty to the nation. In France at this moment the workingmen who are not at the front are spending all …"

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics1858–1919

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"I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left."

— Cary Grant

Entertainment1904–1986

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"That comes from many directions. My parents, relatives, and friends shaped a good part of that, and whatever I heard on the radio and mtv growing up and movies I loved, just wherever it came from that…"

— Frank Klepacki

Music1974

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