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LISA GARDNER I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to ... EMO PHILIPS I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help t... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS People don't change who they are. They only change what they do with it. MAGGIE STIEFVATER If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep. DEYTH BANGER I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppres... ROBERTSON DAVIES Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD People who don’t feel insulted by the ungodliness and injustice around them do not do anything abo... SUNDAY ADELAJA What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not... PLATO People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability t... 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