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Quote by Herta Muller

“Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand.”

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Herta Müller, born on August 17, 1953, is a renowned novelist from Romania. Her works are characterized by their deep personal experiences and critical reflections on social realities, and she has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. more

“Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some say that over time homesickness loses its specific content, that it starts to smolder and only then becomes all-consuming, because it’s no longer focused on a concrete home. I am one of the people who say that.”

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Author:Herta Muller

“Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.”

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Author:Michael Bloomberg

“One's a dog-eat-dog world, and the other one's just the opposite.”

World Dog Opposites

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”

Heaven Headings

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.”

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Author:Michael Bloomberg

“I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.”

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Author:Michael Bloomberg

“A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.”

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Author:Martin O'Malley

“Olympics is global competition in which eighty, ninety, hundred, hundred and ten countries participate.”

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Author:George Pataki

“Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together.”

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Author:George Pataki

“The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.”

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Author:George Pataki

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