“Censuring Joseph Stalin at a public meeting, Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was interrupted by a voice from the audience. “You were one of Stalin’s colleagues,” shouted the heckler. “Why didn’t you stop him?” “Who said that?” roared Khrushchev. There was an agonizing silence in the room. Nobody dared moved a muscle. Then, in a quiet voice, Khrushchev said, “Now […]
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“It’s not what people call you, it’s what you answer to.” – Madea
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“It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.” – Lillian Heilman
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“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” – Dwight Eisenhower
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“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.” – George Orwell
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“It is likely that I will die in my bed. My successor will die in prison. His successor will die executed in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.” – Cardinal Francis George
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“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” Jackie Robinson
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“Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.” – Virginia Satir
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“I’ve learned one thing — people who know the least anyways seem to know it the loudest.’ – Al Capp
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“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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