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"Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it."
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"Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago."

"Your failure may put smiles on people's faces while your success squeezes tears from their eyes. Don't be deceived, it's just a charm to entice you to fall in love with mediocrity!"

"I tell you as well as myself: what we see with our own eyes is nothing other than a cloud concealing what we should perceive with our inner sight, while what we listen to with our ears is merely a ringing sound disturbing what we should understand with our hearts. When we see a man being taken to prion by a police officer let us not hasten to assume he is a wrong-doer. When we see a corpse, and a man standing beside it with bloodstained hands, let us not conclude that this is a victim and his assassin. When we hear one man singing and another lamenting, let us ascertain which one of the two is truly happy."

"Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues."

"What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?"

"People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so."

"I had try to tell the difference between the night and the day and how the night was better unless the day was very clean and cold and I could not tell it, as I cannot tell it now. But if you have had it you know."

"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion."

"Some are interested in the mysterious, but lose interest once they think they know you."
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"The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again."

"Someone who doesn't know if tomorrow will come would rather live every day twice than live it once."

"Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive."

"She was always daydreaming. She never wanted to live in the real world; she always seemed to be separated from other children her age. They couldn't understand her or her imagination. She was always thinking outside of the box, breaking rules, and only following what her heart told her was right."

"Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I'll wake up with sweat drenching my chest and think it's the blood and muck I was covered in that night."
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