People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true:
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In England, it’s now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It’s not even on my passport anymore. They’ve taken Mister away from me.
Ben KingsleyBen Kingsley Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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Beth Ostrosky SternBeth Ostrosky Stern It is worth pointing out that assuredly not more than one person out of a hundred who stayed in the market after after 1925 emerged from it with a net profit and that the speculative losses taken were appalling.
Benjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham You know, the Chinese don’t like to be photographed because they believe that a part of their life is being taken away by the photographer. And in a way, they’re right.
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