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Cry me a river

I feel sorry for that poor college student, I really do. Anyone who is so self-centered that he can't realize there are things in life far more important than his own convenience or safety is a pitiful creature. I sure his parents are very proud of him.

"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." --Nelson Mandela

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
-- Martin Luther King Jr.

"L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (What is essential is invisible to the eye.) --Saint Exupery, "The Little Prince."

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
-Gandhi

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
-Dolores Ibarruri

"If man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live."
-Martin Luther King

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