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TIMNEY I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. That world is ended, as if it had never been. Let the race of Adam and Eve take warning. C.S. LEWIS Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner. ERBLIN VUKAJ Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians. SUNDAY ADELAJA If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar... APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ... GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA call it chicken salad SARAH DESSEN Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s... SARAH DESSEN It was like walking into a factory that had been neglected for years. 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