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An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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Every minute this broad spends outside of bed is a waste of time. ↗

— Michael Todd

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These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland. ↗

— Fritz Todt

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The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

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The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

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I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything. ↗

— Natalie du Toit

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Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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