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If theres ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience. – Robert M. Gates

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I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. – Henry David Thoreau

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Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but thats usually how you end up crying? – Chuck Palahniuk

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A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare – let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel. – Chaim Potok

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This is the highest wisdom that I own freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I practice yoga at home to a TV show called Inhale, taught by Steve Ross. I figured that if the people on the show could stretch that deep then I could too. I ended up pulling my hip flexor. But thats how I met my husband. Paul was the physical therapist my coach called to meet with me after hours. – Danica Patrick

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