Janine di Giovanni quote: "When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank. Sweden was not far behind, though, which is worrying, as racism in France is much closer to the bone."

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Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
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White people really deal more with God and black people with Jesus.
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By asking for the impossible we obtain the best possible.
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it's a sex object if you're pretty and no love or love and no sex if you're fat
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Mistakes are a fact of life: It is the response to the error that counts.
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Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.
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They are doing very well, making good money, more money than the rooms.
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We expect those room rates to increase another 6-8 percent this year.
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I believe that we were very, very lucky that it went that way.
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His hair stood upright like porcupine quills.
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Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
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If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
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When I have lost all my illusions I search for them
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You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.
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Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy
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Don't let others change your ways; only better them.
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He who doesn't fear death dies only once.
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We love because it's the only true adventure
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Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
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It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner
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When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank. Sweden was not far behind, though, which is worrying, as racism in France is much closer to the bone.

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When I did a year-long study in 2005 of European countries integrating Muslims into their cultures, France came in the lowest of the rank. Sweden was not far behind, though, which is worrying, as racism in France is much closer to the bone.

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