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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
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"O lands! O all so dear to me - what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is."

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
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"What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? Beatrice: Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick?"

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Bono Musician, Activist
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"The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well."

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George Santayana Philosopher, Poet
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"Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son."

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Louisa May Alcott Novelist, Poet
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"...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself."

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