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The Olympics is a time primarily for sport and celebration, but diplomacy does not stop at the door of the U.N., and for it to work, it must be sustained and consistent.

~Douglas Alexander

Topics: Celebration Consistent Diplomacy Does Door Must Olympics Primarily Sport Stop Sustained Time Work

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As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of 'Lost Cause' emphasis on the Confederacy. I used to play Civil War soldiers with my brothers as a child, and my older brother always insisted that he got to be Lee, and I got be Grant. I never knew that Grant won until quite some time had passed.

~Drew Gilpin Faust

Topics: Always Brother Brothers Cause Celebration Child Civil Civil War Confederacy Emphasis Era Got Grant Growing Growing Up Had He Insisted Kid Knew Lee Lost Lot Never Older Older Brother Passed Play Quite Quite Some Time Soldiers Some Time Until Up Used War Won

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What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

~Eddie Marsan

Topics: About Celebration Courage Determination Dislike East End Great Ignorance Love Perseverance Sometimes I Love

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In my family, there was no celebration of ignorance. They'd come and see Chekhov or Shakespeare. I've got a sister who got a first in her degree. We don't sit around watching TV all the time.

~Eddie Marsan

Topics: Around Celebration Chekhov Come Degree Family First Got Her Ignorance See Shakespeare Sister Sit Time Tv Watching Watching Tv Who

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In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.

~Edie Falco

Topics: Amount Celebration Household Insane Laughter

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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.

~Edmund Phelps

Topics: Against Celebration Corporations Owning Part Popular Seems Shares

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My language is a feel-thinking language, feeling and thinking at once, that is why it is a celebration of life, and at once it is a denunciation of everything that is not allowed in life to be real life, it's plenitude.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Allowed Be Real Celebration Everything Feeling Language Life Once Real Real Life Thinking Why

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I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: About Bible Celebration Commentary Eternal Great Happiness Love Subjects Wanted Write

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Why is there an end of the year? Because the calendar imposes numerical order on time. There is a natural fitness in the celebration of the New Year, a holiday of numbers imposed on things, with lists, as well as with Advent calendars and songs like 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Advent Because Calendar Celebration Christmas Days End Fitness Holiday Imposed Like Lists Natural New New Year Numbers Order Songs Things Time Twelve Well Why Year

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Marathon Day in Boston and all of Massachusetts, it's Patriot's Day, and it's a big celebration for us. It's a day when we're kind of the whole world's city there.

~Elizabeth Warren

Topics: Big Boston Celebration City Day Kind Marathon Massachusetts Patriot Us Whole World

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