"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up."
-James A. Baldwin
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"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.“
-James A. Baldwin
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"Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did."
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"I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America."
-Glenn Beck
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