"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together."
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"Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then.“
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"All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and you should be happy to be allowed to work with us."
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"The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank."
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"I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it."
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"We have to be thankful considering our number as a family we enjoy very good health generally but you may be sure me and my partner have quite enough to exercise our minds and occupy our attention."
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