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- "The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls."
- "I cured with the power that came through me."
- "I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength."
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- "I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country."― Bainbridge Colby
- "Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse."― Oliver Goldsmith
- "Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career."― Abdul Kalam