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“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farmworkers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom

“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom

“Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.”
― Charlotte’s Web
― Charlotte’s Web

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
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“But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig."
"Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.”
― Charlotte’s Web
"Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.”
― Charlotte’s Web
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