"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
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Interview by Edward W. Desmond in TIME magazine (4 December 1989)
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Mother Teresa
Saint Mother Teresa, also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), born Anjezë Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was an Albanian-born Indian citizen, Roman Catholic Sister, and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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