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My noble respect also goes to the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners, martyrs of the People's Army and other patriotic martyrs who dedicated all their precious things to promoting the development of our Party and the prosperity of the country in loyal support of the great leaders.


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ERICA JONG Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
ERICA JONG Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONG I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing s...
ERICA JONG Will you ever? I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me...
ERICA JONG I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despit...
ERICA JONG