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Quote by Yakov Smirnoff
My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the

My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love. – Yakov Smirnoff

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We may have forgotten how to feel. Nobody is teaching us how to live happily ever after, as weve heard in fairy tales. – Yakov Smirnoff

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I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good. – Yakov Smirnoff

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I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. – Marilyn Monroe

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But there is a corollary to freedom and thats personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it. – Esther Dyson

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I am somebody who… – Im not saying Im perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because theres a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant. – Tiffeny Milbrett

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Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought. – Pope John Paul II

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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

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The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. – William Blake

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The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. – Jesse Bennett

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