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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - February 10, 2013
War is not nice.
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Barbara Bush (1925 - )  
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed; also attributed to Ann Landers)  
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), First on the Moon, 1970  
It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)  
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