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Personal humiliation was painful. Humiliation of one's family was much worse. Humiliation of one's social status was agony to bear. But humiliation of one's nation was the most excruciating of human miseries.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.
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