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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
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"Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be born."

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Ted Hughes Poet
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"He could not stand. It was not That he could not thrive, he was born With everything but the will – That can be deformed, just like a limb. Death was more interesting to him. Life could not get his attention."

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Theodore Roosevelt Politician, Author
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"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
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"It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came."

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