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George Orwell quote: "Several of them would have protested if they could have found..."
Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments. George Orwell
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a..."
She kept swimming out into life because she hadn't yet found a rock to stand on. Barbara Kingsolver
Once I found out the secret of the universe. I have forgotten what it was, but I know that the Creator does not take Creation seriously, for I remember that He sat in Space with all His work in front of Him and laughed. Lord Dunsany
Samuel Johnson quote: "The best part of every author is in general to be found in his..."
The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you. Samuel Johnson
Mitch Albom quote: "People often belittle the place where they were born. But..."
People often belittle the place where they were born. But heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners. Mitch Albom
As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'"Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. "did Confucius really say that?"Sunglasses in place, Stephanie managed the tiniest of shrugs. "No, but who cared? The point is, they handled, and most likely they found some sort of self-satisfaction in their industrious-ness. Who am I to deprive them of that? Nicholas Sparks
When I was at school my jography told me th' earth was shaped like a orange an' I found out before I was ten that th' whole orange doesn't belong to nobody. No one owns more than his bit of a quarter an' there's times it seems there's not enow quarters to go around. But don't you-none o' you- think as you own th' whole orange or you'll find out you're mistaken, an' you won't find it without hard knocks. What children learns from children, is that there's no sense grabbin' at th' whole... Frances Hodgson Burnett
A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. "Pride goeth before a fall, Stephen", she said... and then I found out - right around the age that is 19 x 2 - that eventually you fall down, anyway. Stephen King
There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race. Mercedes Lackey
Paul Theroux quote: "I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were..."
I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom. Paul Theroux
Jane Austen quote: "It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy..."
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not, what they ought to be, so are the nation. Jane Austen
For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is... Francis Bacon
It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Patrick Henry
After they had gone another mile, Pinocchio heard the same little low voice saying to him:'Bear it in mind, simpleton! Boys who refuse to study, and turn their backs upon books, schools, and masters, to pass their time in play and amusements, sooner or later come to a bad end... I know it by experience... and I can tell you. A day will come when you will weep as I am weeping now... but then it will be too late!...'On hearing these words whispered very softly, the puppet, more frightened than... Carlo Collodi
There's harmony and inner peace to be found in following a moral compass that points in the same direction regardless of fashion or trend. Ted Koppel

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