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A popular song says, "You don't know what you've got till it's gone." My view on this claim is that its true. There have been many incidents that this occurs to people throughtout the world.
For instance, my friend Jessica was going through trouble with her family and she said she did not want to live with them and later that week they had been in an accident. Jessica felt horrible because of what she said. Now she does not have parents to speak of and now she knows that what she had had before was everything and now its gone.
A historical event was from Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor. She once said "No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night," on December 11, 1986, from her quote I can say that is

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