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I am from where the slots are wide

But the coin is small in wage

I am from 3 small islands to the east

Yet still called home by many names

One being Manila, from where it began

Where pearl-white sampaguita grow freely

No bounds to their domain

I am from the narrow street of Pains

And a 2-story house on Mercury

Where the old hens crowed the moon away

And then brought the sun awake

I am from the getting by

From the ones who never dared ask why

The ones who never learned how to fly...

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“'Now, tell me, what is today’s date?' The tester asked.

“December 28th, 2056,” he responded calmly.

He knew that these questions- the monotonous drone- was all for a reason. He had, after all, been forced to sign over twelve forms, and was briefed on the procedure three times now. But it was all in the name of their disclaimer- for customer sanity and the company's safety. So of course, a necessary precaution."

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“...the ghosts of her parents couldn’t follow and protect her neither. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us from our ghosts and our ancestors…”

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"Battering winds, ranging from the slightest breeze to the gusts that he had always known- passed him like the years he had forgotten ran by. One by one, year by year, the winds blasted the dunes and carved them to their will like pottery clay."

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“What is man without the beasts? If the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts soon happens to man.” -Chief Seattle

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Winning By A Word: An Informative Paragraph

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Winning By A Word: An Informative Paragraph

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“If you want to persuade, appeal to interest not to reason.” –Benjamin Franklin

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“'Time grows restless in these early hours of the morning. The days are all a blur for me, passing by with the soldiers’ heavy steps upon the cobbles outside. Perhaps that is why I cannot quite remember the date today.'"

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"'On my front porch, the American flag waves proudly. Nailed in our front door sits the relocation notice we received yesterday, along with a copy of your Executive Order 9066. And no, you did not have to print it in Japanese. My family can read in English, if you must know.'"

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“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”
–Albert Einstein

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