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Veenapoovu | വീണപൂവ്‌

by Kumaran Asan

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Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“We must love one another or die”
― W.H. Auden

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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