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“As a symbol of the new United States, Americans chose the eagle clutching a bundle of arrows. They knew that both the eagle and the arrows were symbols of the Iroquois League. Although one arrow is easily broken, no one can break six (or thirteen) at once. John”
― James W. Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

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“The father hesitated only a moment. He felt the vague pain in his chest. If I run, he thought, what will happen? Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before Death is what counts. And we've done fine tonight. Even Death can't spoil it.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes

tags: death, running

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“Freedom is not a tea party, India. Freedom is a war. ”
― Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown

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“But it’s exhausting to keep tabs on how much someone is feeling for you. It can make you forget that they feel too.”
― Rebecca Skloot, The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2015

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“Dr. Mary’s life should stand out to remind us that when people do not think as we do, do not dress as we do, and do not live as we do, that they are more than likely to be half a century ahead of their time, and that we should have for them not ridicule but reverence.”
― Ammar Habib, Mary Edwards Walker: America's Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient

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