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Italo Calvino

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Ques eso? Queso?
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See the world for what it is.
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So this is going to be drill!?
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War is no solution to peace.
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Give sometimes everything will be alright.
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I'm one of my sensations.
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To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
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