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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”
― The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
― The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
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“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
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“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”
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“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unblemished souls make us wish - consciously or unconsciously - that we were as innocent as they are, and make us yearn for a place where innocence is universal and where the meanness, the betrayals, and the cruelties of this world are unknown.”
― A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
― A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
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