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I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. – Maya Lin

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I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up. – Maya Lin

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teacher
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I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination. – Maya Lin

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What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Politics

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion dont mix. This is the stock response of the left. – Christopher Lasch

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Politics

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. – Gore Vidal

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Politics

The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. – Erich Fromm

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Politics

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Now all the knowledge and wisdom that is in creatures, whether angels or men, is nothing else but a participation of that one eternal, immutable and increased wisdom of God. – Ralph Cudworth

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We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The people who run a university are far more qualified and intelligent in handling people than someone who inherited his money and used it to buy a pro team. – Hayden Fry

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Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. – Baltasar Gracian

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