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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 have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel. – Yakov Smirnoff

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Education
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Yakov Smirnoff
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing – like showering. – Yakov Smirnoff

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Women
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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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good
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Freedom
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The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth. – Robert Casey

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Freedom

Freedom rings where opinions clash. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Freedom

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. – Epictetus

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Freedom

Money buys many things… The best of which is freedom. – Mary Renault

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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good

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated? – Henry David Thoreau

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work

Fear attracts attack. – Edwin Louis Cole

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The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. – Oscar Wilde

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