“What shall I say, how is the truth to be said?
You were born, you had body, you died.
It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried.”

The Mother (1945)

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American writer 1917–2000

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“It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful.”

Stephenie Meyer book The Host

Ian O'Shea to Wanderer, p. 390
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“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

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“What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked.

"I just thought it might come in useful.”

"Were you planning to attack me?”

"No. But that’s a good idea.”

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“That's one thing about Republican Presidents. They never went in much for plans. They only had one plan. It says "Boys, my head is turned. Just get it while you can."”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

radio broadcast (21 April 1935)
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“On a couple of occasions in the last weeks, I just said some things that weren‘t in keeping with what I knew to be the case and what I had written about in my book. And you know, I‘m embarrassed by it. I‘m very sorry I said it. I have said that, you know, it just didn‘t jive with what I had written about and knew to be the truth.”

Hillary Clinton (1947) American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady

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Presidential campaign (January 20, 2007 – 2008)

“What shall I say, how is the truth to be said?
You were born, you had body, you died.
It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried.”

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It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried.”