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Enid Bagnold: A father is...

Enid Bagnold: A father is...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back...

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John Mortimer: When you get...

John Mortimer: When you get...

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the...

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Thomas Love Peacock: He was sent,...

Thomas Love Peacock: He was sent,...

He was sent, as usual, to a public school, where a little learning was painfully beaten into him, and from thence to...

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James Agee: In every child...

James Agee: In every child...

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the...

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Stanislaus I: Long ailments wear...

Stanislaus I: Long ailments wear...

Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.

Source: Maxims, c. 18th...

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Stanislaus I: The earnest desire...

Stanislaus I: The earnest desire...

The earnest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

Source:...

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Charles II: He had been,...

Charles II: He had been,...

He had been, he said, an unconscionable time dying; but he hoped that they would excuse...

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James I: No Bishop, no...

James I: No Bishop, no...

No Bishop, no King.

Source: On his belief that a non-episcopal form of church...

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Grover Cleveland: He mocks the...

Grover Cleveland: He mocks the...

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the...

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William Howard Taft: Don't write so...

William Howard Taft: Don't write so...

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: One thing is...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: One thing is...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it doesn't turn out...

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Jimmy Carter: Whatever starts in...

Jimmy Carter: Whatever starts in...

Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.

Source:...

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Jimmy Carter: America did not...

Jimmy Carter: America did not...

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense. . . human rights invented...

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Gamal Abdel Nasser: Events are not...

Gamal Abdel Nasser: Events are not...

Events are not a matter of chance.

Source: Philosophy of the Revolution, 1954
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Barbara Bush: You don't just...

Barbara Bush: You don't just...

You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's...

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James Baker: Sometimes you move...

James Baker: Sometimes you move...

Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your...

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Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

Ivy Baker Priest: My father had...

My father had always said there are four things a child needs: plenty of love, nourishing food, regular sleep, and...

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Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

Jill Ruckelshaus: We are in...

We are in for a very, very long haul. . . . I am asking for everything you have to give. We will never give up. ....

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Larry Speakes: When, at the...

Larry Speakes: When, at the...

When, at the age of seven, he blew up the family truck by dropping a match down the gas tank, we should have known...

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Antonio Gramsci: I'm a pessimist...

Antonio Gramsci: I'm a pessimist...

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

Source:...

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