My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.

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For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather. ― Emma Donoghue

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A true patriot will defend his country from its government.

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Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.- Anthony J. D'Angelo

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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being. — Lee Iacocca

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Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.

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It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion. ― Thomas Sowell

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There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this, you need fear no harm.

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When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them

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Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

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