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“The animals laugh from the dark of the wilderness.”

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“Ambition, I’ve found, can lead only to failure. I do not read the reviews. No, I am not singing for you.”

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— Arnold J. Toynbee

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— Epictetus

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— Paul Keating

Politics1944

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— Rick Perry

Politics1950

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