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The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.

~Adam Michnik

Topics: Armies Birth Both Confrontation Consciousness Countries Crushed Five Freedom Gave Lost Members Movement New Pact Police Polish Political Prague Spring Violence Warsaw

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Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.

~Agnes Smedley

Topics: Crushed Decent Develop Environment Force Made Natures Never System Them Thousands Were Women Women Are Would

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I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

~Al Franken

Topics: Book Crushed Responsibility Satirical Writing

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When I have been exposed to so many films that are so bad, my soul gets crushed. I just feel intoxicated.

~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Topics: Bad Been Crushed Exposed Feel Films Gets Just Many My Soul Soul

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The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.

~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Being Building Clock Come Communism Concrete Crashing Crushed Down Freeing Instead Must Ourselves Reason Save Stopped Striking Try

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I crushed high school. I was a huge dork.

~Alex Honnold

Topics: Crushed Dork High High School Huge School

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Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'

~Andrew Forrest

Topics: Australia Being Billions Close Crushed Disparity Gap Initiatives Little Lives Problem Slowly Social Thousands Trying Wasted While Worst

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A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Assumed Brains Crushed Each Earned Every Every Time Finally Flawed Gets Great Great Hope Happiness Hope Neither Nor Our Own Prisoners Reminds Someone Time Ultimate Us

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If watching your child die is a parent's worst nightmare, imagine having to tell your other child that his sister is dead... Although I am certain that he cried, that we all cried, what I remember more is how we collapsed into each other, as if the weight of our loss literally crushed us.

~Ann Hood

Topics: Although Am Certain Child Collapsed Cried Crushed Dead Die Each Having He His How Imagine Literally Loss More Nightmare Other Our Parent Remember Sister Tell Us Watching Weight Worst Your Your Child I Am I Remember

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I do have a son. He's out of school now. He never played football. And it had nothing to do with me. I was actually crushed that he didn't play football. I thought, 'Oh my God, this is awful.' My brothers all played football. My dad played football.

~Ann Mckee

Topics: Actually Awful Brothers Crushed Dad Football God Had He Me Never Nothing Now Oh Oh My God Out Play Play Football Played School Son Thought

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