Aesop Quotes

I am sure the grapes are sour.

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• Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of 'the Troubles.'

  

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• I am sure the grapes are sour.

  

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