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“Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders.”
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“When Rose takes to screaming, she starts loud, continues loud, and ends loud. Rose has a very good ear and always screams on the same note. I'd tested her before I burnt the library, and our piano along with it. Rose screams on the note B flat. We don't need a piano anymore now that we have a human tuning fork.”
Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.39, A&C Black
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“It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress.”
Source : "Exiled author Ma Jian banned from visiting China" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011. 
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“I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.”
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“A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.”
Source : Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]
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“I text a lot people, because it's how I stay connected with all my family and friends when I'm on set and traveling.”
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“What God does in time, He planned from eternity. And all that He planned in eternity He carries out in time.”
Source : J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.80, InterVarsity Press
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“I know success or failure in my life or ministry does not depend on my own skill or even on external circumstances, it depends only on my faithfulness. God will give me the gifts necessary to do whatever He calls me to do, and He will not be hindered in His work by circumstances.”
