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		Germany has spent the decades since World War II in national penance for Nazi crimes. America spent the decades after the Civil War transforming Confederate crimes into virtues. It is illegal to fly the Nazi flag in Germany. The Confederate flag is enmeshed in the state flag of Mississippi.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ta-Nehisi Coates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Napoleon Bonaparte 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Quentin Crisp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baruch Spinoza 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gael Garcia Bernal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Olson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laila Ali 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edgardo Osorio 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kary Mullis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		May books spread the world over! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Yann Martel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In this world, you can choose to be positive, or you can choose to be negative. You can choose to see things through a set of eyes that sees good, or you can choose to see things in life that aren't so good. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Harbaugh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Lincoln