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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

Ban Ki-moon

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The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Jimmy Breslin

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My aunt and uncle are clearly civilians.

Jimmy Kimmel

UncleAuntClearlyCivilians

I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have confidence that you have a clear direction to take, you always have confidence to explore other ways; if they prove to be mere digressions, you'll recognize that and make the necessary revisions.

John Irving

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My family owned a furniture/appliance store near Kingston, Jamaica. I worked there all summer but lived in a very structured environment the rest of the year at an all-girl Catholic boarding school.

Ann-Marie Campbell

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I love test screenings. Some directors don't, I know. But I love it. I think it's because I come from the theatre and in the theatre, previews are where you really have to listen to the audience and really feel how they're responding. I found our test screenings incredibly useful.

Stephen Daldry

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Why shouldn't poetry address what happened yesterday and be published in the newspaper?

Tony Harrison

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I realized I could do music for the sake of music, not the other things that come with it. That was a major shift.

Mike Posner

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Individuals and businesses must participate in a national discussion about a simpler tax system, one that collects sufficient revenue to meet appropriate federal responsibilities, but one resting on a broader, fairer tax base without penalizing saving and investing, the backbone of a strong, decentralized and thriving economy.

Mike Crapo

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Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home.

Loretta Young

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I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad.

Janina Gavankar

FeelYouBadDoneGroupNever

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

Dorothy Day

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There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'

Chris Bohjalian

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