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Roald Dahl quote: "Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age..."
Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than ever. Roald Dahl
A Disavowal of the pursuit of Middleclassness', the heading read. While it is permissible to chase ‘middleincomeness’ with all our might, the text stated, those blessed with the talent or good fortune to achieve success in the American mainstream must avoid the psychological entrapment of Black ‘middleclassness’ that hypnotizes the successful brother or sister into believing they are better than the rest and teaches them to think in terms of ‘we’ and ‘they’ instead of 'US'! Barack Obama
By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it. Hugh Prather
David O. McKay quote: "Trust is greater than love."
Trust is greater than love. David O. McKay
Salman Rushdie quote: "I want more than what I want. (Vina Apsara)"
I want more than what I want. (Vina Apsara) Salman Rushdie
Yoko Ono quote: "It's better to dance than to march through life."
It's better to dance than to march through life. Yoko Ono
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a..."
Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure. F. Scott Fitzgerald
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean. Victor Hugo
I don’t know why it is that I have always been happier thinking of somewhere I have been or wanted to go, than where I am at the time. I find it difficult to be happy in the present. Pat Conroy
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away. Charles Dickens
The question before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery Patrick Henry
William Shakespeare quote: "The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance."
The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance. William Shakespeare
C. S. Lewis quote: "There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind."
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C. S. Lewis
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human..."
Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. Fyodor Dostoevsky
After a time," said old Mathers disregarding me, "I mercifully perceived the errors of my ways and the unhappy destination I would reach unless I mended them. I retired from the world in order to try to comprehend it and to find out why it becomes more unsavoury as the years accumulate on a man's body. What do you think I discovered at the end of my meditations?"I felt pleased again. He was now questioning me."What?"That No is a better word than Yes," he replied. Flann O'Brien

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