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John Steinbeck quote: "We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or..."

We can shoot rockets into space but we can't cure anger or discontent.

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Good heavens, I suppose a man may eat his own muffins in his own garden."But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins!"I said it was perfectly heartless of YOU under the circumstances. That is a very different thing."That may be, but the muffins are the same! Oscar Wilde
George Villiers quote: "Good wits will jump."
Good wits will jump. George Villiers
Dorothy L. Sayers quote: "Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper"
Oh, well, faint heart never won so much as a scrap of paper Dorothy L. Sayers
Hermione, if Harry’s seen a Grim, that’s — that’s bad,” he said. “My — my uncle Bilius saw one and — and he died twenty-four hours later!” “Coincidence,” said Hermione airily, pouring herself some pumpkin juice. “You don’t know what you’re talking about!” said Ron, starting to get angry. “Grims scare the living daylights out of most wizards!” “There you are, then,” said Hermione in a superior tone. “They see the Grim and die of fright. The Grim’s not an omen, it’s the cause of death! And... J. K. Rowling
Sydney Harris quote: "When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted..."
When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?' Sydney Harris
Ray Kroc quote: "While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a..."
While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. Ray Kroc
I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about. Jeffrey Hunter
Jodi Picoult quote: "Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut..."
Missed opportunities were never superficial wounds; they cut straight to the bone. Jodi Picoult
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. Robert Cecil
George Leigh Mallory quote: "Because it's there."
Because it's there. George Leigh Mallory
Pierre de Coubertin quote: "For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment."
For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment. Pierre de Coubertin
Life always bursts the boundaries of formulas. Defeat may prove to have been the only path to resurrection, despite its ugliness. I take it for granted that to create a tree I condemn a seed to rot. If the first act of resistance comes too late it is doomed to defeat. But it is, nevertheless, the awakening of resistance. Life may grow from it as from a seed. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously. Godfrey Reggio
Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror. Omar Bongo
Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. William Shakespeare