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"When I look at you I see flawless perfection-I know somedays you think my eye needs more training- but it doesnt-I know what I see-you are a flawless beauty and time only serves to prove this right.You are my one true love-the one I have prayed for-the one I struggled and fought to believe could ever exist-and you are here.It was worth it-waiting for you has been worth it-fighting for you has been worth it.You have redefined happiness for me-I am overjoyed that you chose me.I love you." – Unknown
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The best armor is to keep out of gunshot. -Bacon, Francis
Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury. -La Fontaine, Jean De
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"The professors laugh at themselves, they laugh at life; they long ago abjured the bitch-goddess Success, and the best of them will fight for his scholastic ideals with a courage and persistence that would shame a soldier. The professor is not afraid of words like truth; in fact he is not afraid of words at all." – Catherine Drinker Bowen
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For myself I am an optimistit does not seem to be much use being anything else. -Churchill, Winston
For myself I am an optimistit does not seem to be much use being anything else. -Churchill, Winston
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use. -Joseph Stalin
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use. -Joseph Stalin