"Time cancels young pain."

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— Charles Lamb

Literature1764–1847

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"If you say "90 miles" to any Cuban, they'll know exactly what it means. It's the stretch of water between Key West, which is the southernmost tip of the continental United States, and Cuba. And for an…"

— Gloria Estefan

Music1957

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"These are the shoes of old Yde, a bachelor. He has worn them for forty years. He repaired them from below and above, from the inside and the outside. He gave me his shoes, for a bottle of brandy. They…"

— Jopie Huisman

Art1922–2000

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"Today the world has gone sex crazy. Illicit sex has become the downfall of many in the Bible. Movie stars not married to each other, having babies and making headlines all over the world as though the…"

— Jerry Falwell

Social Activism1933–2007

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