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Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests.


Lord Palmerston

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GRACE SWANSON We make sure the individual is actively engaged in finding a permanent residence. At some point they...
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JEFFREY BENJAMIN Change is the only permanent thing in life
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MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent
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