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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness i

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. – Leo Rosten

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The purpose of life is not to be happy – but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. – Leo Rosten

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Martin Luther King Day
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Leo Rosten
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Humor is, I think, the subtlest and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers. – Leo Rosten

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Humor
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Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart. – Steven Cojocaru

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I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. – Ruth Benedict

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Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if youre not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy. – Nicole Scherzinger

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The strength of America is not in Washington. – J. C. Watts

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