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"As the 29th state to join the United States of America, it is our turn to show the nation what represents Iowa. Our commitment to quality education, hard work, and small-town values are all represented in the Iowa quarter."
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Leonard Boswell

"As the 29th state to join the United States of America, it is our turn to show the nation what represents Iowa. Our commitment to quality education, hard work, and small-town values are all represented in the Iowa quarter."

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"The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities."
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Leonard Boswell

"The pride people take in their work transcends to their homes, their education, families and communities."

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"The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals."
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Leonard Boswell

"The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals."

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"The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal."
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Leonard Boswell

"The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal."

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"The American work ethic is something to be admired. Our workforce, regardless of position, works hard to produce the best product and serve customers to the best of their ability."
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Leonard Boswell

"The American work ethic is something to be admired. Our workforce, regardless of position, works hard to produce the best product and serve customers to the best of their ability."

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"The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals."
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Leonard Boswell

"The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals."

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"The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions."
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Leonard Boswell

"The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions."

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"The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action."
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Leonard Boswell

"The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action."

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"I lead an introverted and boring life here in California."
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Brian Bosworth

"I lead an introverted and boring life here in California."

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"Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions."
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Ian Botham

"Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions."

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"You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives."
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Ian Botham

"You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to people's lives."

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"What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here."
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Ian Botham

"What's happened has happened, so what can we do to make it better for tomorrow and the day after? That's why we're here."

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"To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport."
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Ian Botham

"To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport."

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"There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects."
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Ian Botham

"There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects."

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"There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes."
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Ian Botham

"There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes."

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"The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better."
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Ian Botham

"The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better."

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"The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates."
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Ian Botham

"The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day on the field, what do you do? Talk to your teammates."

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"Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel."
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Ian Botham

"Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel."

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"If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?"
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Ian Botham

"If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?"

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"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."
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Ian Botham

"I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me."

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"Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time."
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Ian Botham

"Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time."

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"I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming."
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Ian Botham

"I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming."

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"It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice."
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Phyllis Bottome

"It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice."

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"Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it."
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Phyllis Bottome

"Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it."

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"To be in the right is often an expensive business."
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Phyllis Bottome

"To be in the right is often an expensive business."

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"There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final."
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Phyllis Bottome

"There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final."

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"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them."
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Phyllis Bottome

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them."

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"Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within."
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Phyllis Bottome

"Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within."

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"I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed."
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Alain de Botton

"I'm also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed."

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"What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married."
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Alain de Botton

"What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married."

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"We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us."
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Alain de Botton

"We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us."

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"We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety."
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Alain de Botton

"We are certainly influenced by role models, and if we are surrounded by images of beautiful rich people, we will start to think that to be beautiful and rich is very important - just as in the Middle Ages, people were surrounded by images of religious piety."

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"The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil."
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Alain de Botton

"The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil."

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"Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them."
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Alain de Botton

"Status anxiety definitely exists at a political level. Many Iraqis were annoyed with the US essentially for reasons of status: for not showing them respect, for humiliating them."

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"Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers."
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Alain de Botton

"Kant and Hegel are interesting thinkers. But I am happy to insist that they are also terrible writers."

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"In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well."
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Alain de Botton

"In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well."

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"I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it."
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Alain de Botton

"I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it."

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"I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work."
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Alain de Botton

"I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work."

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"Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to."
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Alain de Botton

"Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to."

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"I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel."
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Alain de Botton

"I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel."

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"It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do."
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Alain de Botton

"It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do."

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"I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself."
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Rick Boucher

"I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself."

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"The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication."
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Rick Boucher

"The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication."

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"I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling."
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Rick Boucher

"I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling."

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"I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers."
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Rick Boucher

"I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers."

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"I have been involved in Internet-related policy for approximately one decade, and I have been using the Internet myself for almost that period of time."
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Rick Boucher

"I have been involved in Internet-related policy for approximately one decade, and I have been using the Internet myself for almost that period of time."

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"Money is a good servant, but a poor master."
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Dominique Bouhours

"Money is a good servant, but a poor master."

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"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."
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Anatoli Boukreev

"What we can do now is contribute to a clearer understanding of what happened that day on Everest in the hope that the lessons to be learned will reduce the risk for others who, like us, take on the challenge of the mountains."

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"This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen."
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Anatoli Boukreev

"This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen."

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"There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber."
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Anatoli Boukreev

"There are many questions, but I cannot answer because I'm not a businessman, I am a climber."

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