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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. ↗

— Ralph Nader

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The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#democracy #determined #fascism #freedom #fundamentalism

For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the president's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#been #gamble #idea #into #investment

We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

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If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. ↗

— Graham Nash

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You need help when you're starting out. On the other hand, some people are very naturalistic to begin with. ↗

— David Naughton

#hand #help #naturalistic #need #other

North Eurasia is one of the best examples of religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence of Islam and Christianity. This is a rare thing in today's world, even in its most liberal parts. ↗

— Nursultan Nazarbayev

#christianity #coexistence #eurasia #even #examples

My parents encouraged thought. You'll get through life better if you learn how to think. ↗

— Holly Near

#encouraged #get #how #learn #life

I think there, there also had been just before I got to Honduras a rather spectacular capture of an arms shipment that from Nicaragua across Honduran test, territory destined for El Salvador and I think that some of that equipment had been also to Cuba and the Soviet bloc. ↗

— John Negroponte

#also #arms #been #before #bloc

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras. ↗

— John Negroponte

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