Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock … - Justina Chen

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It's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.

Justina Chen

Maybe getting around in life was nothing but map-reading. A skill that required practice. A key to unlock where you wanted to go. A legend to show where you were.

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But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.

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No power was total, no power permanent, no power absolute.

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You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob

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Silence, too, can be torture.

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From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.

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The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to Two. Two gives birth to Three. Three gives birth to all things. All things have their backs to the female and stand facing the male. When male and female combine, all things achieve harmony. Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe.

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We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines. Civilization, as it progresses, requires a higher conscience, a keener sense of justice, a warmer brotherhood, a wider, loftier, truer public spirit.

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It's not a matter of rejection (of Israel's existence). Israel is here, present by power.

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[Donald Trump] said that he would encourage Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear arsenals to lower U. S. costs, and then has denied that he would encourage nuclear proliferation to allies (although he did say so).

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