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The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
Jessamyn West 
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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
Colin Powell
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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Edward R. Murrow
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France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.
Francois Mitterrand
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
G. Gordon Liddy
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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Thomas Jefferson
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The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.
Harry S. Truman
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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
Augustine Birrell
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An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.
William Manchester
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