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There was a Japantown in San Francisco, but after the internment camps that locked up all the Japanese, Japantown shrunk down to just a couple tourist blocks.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: After Blocks Camps Couple Down Francisco Internment Japanese Just Locked Locked Up San San Francisco Tourist Up

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When people send people on summer camps or bonding trips, they send them to do things like high rope climbing or extraordinary things. And when you do extraordinary things with people, like fighting battles or simulating huge wars, you do bond very quickly.

~Anna Popplewell

Topics: Battles Bond Bonding Camps Climbing Extraordinary Extraordinary Things Fighting High Huge Like People Quickly Rope Send Summer Them Things Trips Very Wars You

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The orthodox believers in God are divided into two camps, one of which maintains that the existence of God is as demonstrable as any mathematical proposition, while the other asserts that his existence is not demonstrable to the intellect.

~Annie Besant

Topics: Any Believers Camps Divided Existence God His Intellect Mathematical Orthodox Other Proposition Two Which While

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We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wanted to come out and be as good as any team in the state, to prove we could hang with any team at any time.

~Anthony Davis

Topics: Any Camps Come Could Good Hang Hard Much Out Prove Room So Much Time Spent State Team Time Today Wanted Weight Where Worked

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From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself in and strategise your mindset. That's why boxers go to training camps: to shut down the noise and really zone in.

~Anthony Joshua

Topics: Art Art Of War Battle Boxers Camps Down Go Lock Lose Mindset Neck Noise Really Shut Training Up War Where Why Win Win Or Lose You Your Yourself Zone

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The lack of livelihood opportunities in refugee camps pushes many people to embark on dangerous journeys in the quest for a better life.

~Arancha Gonzalez

Topics: Better Better Life Camps Dangerous Embark Journeys Lack Life Livelihood Many Opportunities People Pushes Quest Refugee

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What I quickly discovered is that our so-called new South Africa has as much material for a story-teller as the old one. The landscape hasn't really changed. Who is in power now is different to who was in power then, but the squatter camps grow like cancer, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

~Athol Fugard

Topics: Africa Camps Cancer Changed Different Discovered Get Grow Landscape Like Material Much New Now Old Old One Our Poor Poorer Power Quickly Really Rich Richer So-Called South South Africa Then Who

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When I was 4, my parents took me to see a musical, and I was like, 'I want to do that!' I started doing all sorts of musical camps and a lot of professional theater. I took dance classes for 10 years, too - I was never the most amazing kid in the other classes, but tap stuck with me for some reason.

~Aubrey Peeples

Topics: Amazing Camps Classes Dance Dance Classes Doing Kid Like Lot Me Most Most Amazing Musical Never Other Parents Professional Reason See Some Sort Started Stuck Tap Theater Too Took Want Years

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Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial.

~Barbara Amiel

Topics: Camps Cut Cutting Dictatorships Down Expedient Hands Harassment Labour Life Mention Off People Sending Sexual Simple Trial Without

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Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially divided into two camps: conservatives who opposed these for a variety of reasons, and liberals who supported them.

~Barney Frank

Topics: Assumed Before Camps Conservatives Divided Essentially Experience Had Help Help People Learning Learning Experience Liberals Opposed Out People Political Poverty Programs Reasons Regard Sought Supported Them Two Variety Who World

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