"America is, and always will be, a shining city on a hill."
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"The U.S. has represented throughout its history a commitment to human rights and the law - shining a light on what happened at Abu Ghraib exposes our departure from this long-term commitment. It does not, however, excuse the atrocities carried about by Saddam Hussein and others."
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"The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free."
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"Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent, load after load of ignorance will vanish, and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines."
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"Rocky would definitely run for councilman. Maybe mayor. But these people are actually most effective in the family unit. That's where they shine."
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"Krystal flung herself violently off the chair, away from her mother. She was surprised to feel warm liquid flowing down her cheeks, and thought confusedly of blood, but it was tears, only tears, clear and shining on her fingertips when she wiped them away."
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"Let love shine and we will find a way to come together."
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"It made it feel impossible, quite honestly, because filming - you film come rain, come shine, come whatever. And it did rain a lot. And of course, that's what she must have gone through. Of course it rained; of course it was cold... But, you know, it really was quite hard to be out there in the rain."
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"Do not strive for the shine of jade, but clatter like stone."
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"Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light of Durin’s Day will shine upon the key-hole."
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"I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone."
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"What about your mind, does it shine?"
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"Geniuses can be scintillating and geniuses can be somber, but it's that inescapable sorrowful depth that shines through-originality."
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"When you die, they can make you into diamonds now. It’s scientific. That’s how I want to be remembered. I want to shine."
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"What do stars do? They shine."
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"You shine like a beacon in a dark world."
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"Still, the vivid green of the grass-where the grass is actually managing to assert itself through the dirt-seems out of place. This seems like a place where the sun should never shine: a place on the edge, at the limit, a place completely removed from time and happiness and life."
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"Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?"
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"The innocent moon, that nothing does but shine,Moves all the labouring surges of the world."
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"The controversy over Russian gas deliveries shines a glaring spotlight on the risks involved in this industry. In an energy NATO, EU and NATO member states would guarantee one another assistance in obtaining energy, in any form, but without violence. Of course, we need an additional pipeline system for this purpose."
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