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The Teacher
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Digging a grave is hard work. My whole body hurts. Muscles I didn’t even know I had are screaming with pain. Every time I lift the shovel and scoop out a little more dirt, it feels like a knife is digging into a muscle behind my shoulder
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“While there was much debate about possible next steps, Washington reached a consensus that Puerto Ricans were not fit to rule themselves. They needed to be civilized, enlightened, and educated.”
― Puerto Rico: A National History
― Puerto Rico: A National History
“Once I learned to let go of what I couldn’t have, I appreciated what I did have.”
― Keep It in the Family
― Keep It in the Family
“Oh my God, she’s twenty-seven. I am horribly old.”
― The Housemaid Is Watching
― The Housemaid Is Watching
“A psychological study demonstrated that cheating or breaking rules results in an unexpectedly good mood afterward. As well as a brief sense of freedom from all rules. So perhaps we should all bend the rules sometimes.”
― Never Lie
― Never Lie
“As Lanny Thompson noted, “Hawai’i was the only territory to be incorporated into the United States and eventually (1959) to be admitted as a state.” Meanwhile, Puerto Rico and the Philippines “were not incorporated; rather they belonged to, but were not part of, the body politic of the [U.S.] republic,” while “a military government was established and maintained” in Guam.”
― Puerto Rico: A National History
― Puerto Rico: A National History
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