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  2. Dieuwertje Blok - Wikipedia

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    Blok explained that she "wasn't prepared for [the fame] and didn't know what to do with that idiocy. I didn't know anymore whether [the attention] was about me or the image people had of me, which made me very insecure". [10] She later said in an interview from 2020 that she "wouldn't want to repeat" her life between the ages of 20 and 30 ...

  3. Invisible ships - Wikipedia

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    Banks goes on to say that while he was surprised the 106-foot ship did not receive more attention from a distance, when they came a bit closer they were confronted by armed men. [2] This passage is also preceded by his observation that ten people had gone up to a hill to see the ship.

  4. George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army - Wikipedia

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    Now we have the finest food and equipment, the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, by God, I actually pity these poor bastards we're going up against, by God I do. All the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters. Every single man in the army plays a vital role. So don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is ...

  5. 35 Most Memorable Quotes from 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'

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    The newest movie includes all the Grinch quotes we've come to know and love, ... wallow in self-pity. 4:30, stare into the abyss. 5:00, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30 ...

  6. Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Wikipedia

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    Churchill's speech lasted nearly fifty minutes, in which he first stated "Almost a year has passed since the war began, and it is natural for us, I think, to pause on our journey at this milestone and survey the dark, wide field" [9] going on to say that, so far, there had been many fewer casualties than at the same point in the First World War, stating that the war was not a "prodigious ...

  7. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it ...

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    It may then be recognized that the unobserved event was absolutely identical to an event which did not occur at all. Of course, the fact that the tree is known to have changed state from 'upright' to 'fallen' implies that the event must be observed to ask the question at all – even if only by the supposed deaf onlooker.

  8. Matthew 5:17 - Wikipedia

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    Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. The World English Bible translates the passage as: "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill." For a collection of other versions see BibleGateway Matthew 5:17.

  9. We choose to go to the Moon - Wikipedia

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    The speech did not stem a rising tide of disquiet about the Moon landing effort. There were many other things that the money could be spent on. Eisenhower declared, "To spend $40 billion to reach the Moon is just nuts. " [ 24 ] Senator Barry Goldwater argued that the civilian space program was pushing the more important military one aside.