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America stands for the land of opportunity. ↗

— Michael Grimm

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Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. ↗

— Joseph Hall

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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

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But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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