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The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.

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Robert Kennedy
Age: 42 †
Born: 1925
Born: November 20
Died: 1968
Died: June 6
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I dream of things that are not and ask why not.
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I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.
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One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
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