"Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.“
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"The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms."
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"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
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"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
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"If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive."
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"The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer, more prosperous world for the future generation."
-Lee Myung-bak
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