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The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people. ↗

— Claiborne Pell

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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. ↗

— Rene Descartes

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In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you got probation - most of them were released immediately. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#got #illegal #immediately #indian #just

We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

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The beggar wears all colors fearing none. ↗

— Charles Lamb

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I turned down a lot of things that were so-called commercial. You're coming out of one film, and then they want you to be in the same one. ↗

— Robin Wright Penn

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Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine. ↗

— Sean Penn

#american soldiers #attack #civilians #innocent #innocent civilians

Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you. ↗

— Sean Penn

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The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable. ↗

— Barry Pepper

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