Usually it reminds him of the shelling and the dead, but today he has a new lament: Bosnia divided.

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It reminds him of what this is all about.

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It reminds him of salt sprinkled into his hand.

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It reminds him of his days as an entrepreneur.

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It reminds him of her.

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And I think that's one of the reasons people have seen him deliver that so passionately over the past couple of days, because it kind of reminds him of all the years he spent in public life.

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And I always get tears in my eyes because it reminds me of him, gone for so long now.

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Meanwhile, she reminds herself that it has been years since she last set eyes on him or was in touch with him directly.

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