"Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, "and these," said she, "are my jewels."

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Music1979

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— James Redfield

Literature1950

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— Margaret Sanger

Education1879–1966

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"You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all thes…"

— Jack Kevorkian

Medicine1928–2011

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