"A great man leaves clean work behind him, and requires no sweeper up of the chips."

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Source : Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.405

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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“The suburbs have always been like an American version of utopia and a reflection of their hopes and fears. Erika's version of American suburban utopia - which I am renaming the outer ring - is a diverse place, with affordable housing, the possibility for people to have small businesses, which is more realistic in the outer ring than in the city with its huge costs, decent public transportation and the ability to access art and cultural events. That's my dream for America.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Whoever wishes to make progress in perfection should use particular diligence in not allowing himself to be led away by his passions, which destroy with one hand the spiritual edifice which is rising by the labors of the other. But to succeed well in this, resistance should be begun while the passions are yet weak; for after they are thoroughly rooted and grown up, there is scarcely any remedy.”
“I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.”
“For children mastery entails struggle. This means they must be permitted to struggle. If parents inappropriately step in to "help"-out of impatience or solicitude-they sabotage important learning. Among other things, the child is unlikely to discover the advantages of perseverance and self-discipline.”
“I know other astronauts share my feelings.... And we know the government is sitting on hard evidence of UFOs.”
“Youth is not an age thing. It's a quality. Once you've had it, you never lose it.”
“The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.”
“Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.”

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