"He giggled like a puppy being tickled by a kitten wearing a duckling costume."

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Source : Jim Benton (2013). “Dear Dumb Diary #11: Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers”, p.64, Scholastic

Jim Benton

#Costumes Quotes #Ducklings Quotes #Puppy Quotes

“I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.”
“To taste the sea all one needs is one gulp.”
“Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests are heavily impacted or gone yet their destruction continues. An estimated 50,000 species are driven to extinction each year. We dump millions of tonnes of chemicals, most untested for their biological effects, and many highly toxic, into air, water and soil. We have created an ecological holocaust. Our very health and survival are at stake, yet we act as if we have plenty of time to respond.”
“All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I have a wonderful guy in my life who's not a bad boy at all. I like the satiric, consistent nice guy.”
“In any event, it has never been true that we ignore mainstream science; and anyone who reads AEI publications closely can see that we are not 'skeptics' about warming. It is possible to accept the general consensus about the existence of global warming while having valid questions about the extent of warming, the consequences of warming, and the appropriate responses.”
“My father worked for the Foreign Office, so he was away a lot of the time. We were a very volatile family. There was a lot of love and a lot of conflict. The conflict kicked in mostly during my adolescence.”
“The law detects, grace alone conquers sin.”
“An American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.”

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