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Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of thei

Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives – which is true – but theres also another dimension: their wisdom, dignity and enormous capacity for survival. – Henning Mankell

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The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover, they have not lost their will to progress and develop. Mozambique is a country where the people never surrendered. – Henning Mankell

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positive
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Henning Mankell
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Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening. – Henning Mankell

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Knowledge
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The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that wont be true in the future. – Roone Arledge

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The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying. – Norman Douglas

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In regard of the rich grace and wisdom of his love toward his people for who sees not, but that it is a curse to be unready as these foolish virgins, who were therefore shut out. – Thomas Shepard

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Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. – Stanley Kunitz

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Life is a cement trampoline. – Howard Nordberg

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