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" I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit. "
Wallace Shawn
Other
Humanity
Believe
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" But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone. "
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" In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. "
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