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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to
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St. Augustine 354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, TheologianThe important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own
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Patrick Henry, on James Madison, November 12, 1790

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Ronald Reagan