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The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.


Vaclav Havel

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BEAUTIFUL!
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So you are saying, I'm wrong okay then... It's not possible every time to be right, one ...
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ÁLVARO DE CAMPOS Be original, be yourself, be you.
ELISE R MAUDE IS The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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VACLAV KLAUS a political farce which the leftists are playing against the right.
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