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Ethel Merman quote: "I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than..."

I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

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In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. Benjamin Franklin
Van Morrison quote: "If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it."
If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. Van Morrison
Terry Prachett quote: "There are times in life when people must know when not to let..."
There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this. Terry Prachett
Carolyn Wells quote: "A guilty conscience is the mother of invention."
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. Carolyn Wells
Perhaps," you will add, grinning, "those who have never been slapped will also not understand" - thereby politely hinting that I, too, may have experienced a slap in my life, and am therefore speaking as a connoisseur. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Governor, why wouldn't anyone want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, unless they detested their own country or were ignorant of its greatness? Sean Hannity
Marsha Norman quote: "Success is always something that you have to recover from."
Success is always something that you have to recover from. Marsha Norman
John McCarthy quote: "When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace."
When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace. John McCarthy
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. Hesiod
I`ve learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It`s what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it. Sandra Bullock
I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that sounds selfish to a lot of people and I don't know if what I'm doing is the right thing. But that's the way I'm doing it. Emmanuelle Beart
My size is an asset to me. People write roles for me. If I was just another blond-haired, brown-eyed, 18-year-old actor, I'd be left unrecognized. People remember me. Josh Ryan Evans
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of..."
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Matthew Arnold quote: "The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness..."
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Matthew Arnold
And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings... William Butler Yeats