"It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character."

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Christian Nestell Bovee

#Character Quotes #Trying Quotes #Use Quotes

“Our system is a mess, but 90 percent of America has insurance coverage.”
“There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.”
“Where there is Peace, there is Culture; Where there is Culture, there is Peace.”
“Life is not an orderly progression, self-contained like a musical scale or a quadratic equation... If one is to record one's life truthfully, one must aim at getting into the record of it something of the disorderly discontinuity which makes it so absurd, unpredictable, bearable.”
“Government must guard against quasi-monopoly suppliers becoming too important to fail, and encourage competition through, for example, splitting up contracts to encourage (smaller businesses) to bid for work.”

Source : "Parliamentary watchdog: too often private sector contractors' ethical standards found wanting". www.opendemocracy.net. December 10, 2014.
“We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around us in profound ways: the unexpected phone call, the brief touch, the willingness to listen generously, the warm smile or wink of recognition. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a dropped glove.”
“New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.”
“You can tell when someone is just trying to use you. It becomes just someone who's hanging around. Whenever someone sucks up to me, it never goes anywhere because I'm too boring a guy.”

Source : "Topher Grace: "I'm Not Looking To Get Married"". Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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