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My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so much. She found at least one definition is someone who chooses to put themselves at risk to save another.
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Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.


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One of the reasons I get so much joy out of my own children's childhoods is that I'm having my first childhood myself.
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One of the best things about good mothers is that they remind their children to take care of themselves.
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After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It's about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past.
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See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.
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