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They couldn’t escape the peasant within: the elbowing, pushing, and shoving necessary to get ahead in a country of billions.
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“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
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― A Dance with Dragons
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― William Shakespeare
― William Shakespeare
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