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"Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans."
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"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone."

"It does not require money to live neat, clean, and dignified."

"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."

"As you go about your daily life, you will encounter many lemons. Sour expressions, sour attitudes, sour auras! The good thing is that if you don't want to be a lemon, you don't have to be! Just don't let those lemons rub themselves all over you! And you don't even have to save them! Let lemons be lemons! One of the most important things that I have ever learned, is that I don't have to save people."

"It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected."

"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us."
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"Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion."


"Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time."


"To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity."


"Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans."
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