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Book cover for Give Me Courage: The inspiring true story of survival and escape
Some nights Auntie Ana takes me to a movie, often an Indian one. They’re cheap and the Communist government likes the fact that they’re not full of western propaganda.
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Edmund Burke
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke
“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.”
Edmund Burke

Matthew Henry
“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

Maya Angelou
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

Alexandra Fuller
“How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to.”
Alexandra Fuller, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood

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