"God, middle age is an unending insult."

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Dorothea Benton Frank

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“God did not create the evil. He established the laws which are always good because he is good. The spirits would have been completely happy had they faithfully observed the law since the beginning. But, being free to make choices, the spirits have not properly obeyed them so that evil come as a consequence of this unwillingness. One can then say that good corresponds to everything which is in accordance with God's law while evil is everything which opposes it.”
“Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.”
“I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.”

Source : On the prospect of a Conservative re-election, in speech at Bridgend, 7 June 1983; 'Guardian' 8 June 1983
“The best way to change it is to do it, right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.”

Source : "Xerox CEO Ursula Burns: Full interview". Interview with Kai Ryssdal, www.marketplace.org. May 18, 2011.
“I always feel happy, you know why? Because I don't expect anything from anyone; expectations always hurt. Life is short. So love your life. Be happy. And keep smiling. Just Live for yourself and always remember: Before you speak... Listen. Before you write... Think. Before you spend... Earn. Before you pray... Forgive. Before you hurt... Feel. Before you hate... Love. Before you quit... Try. Before you die... Live... That's Life...Feel it, Live it and Enjoy it.”
“Think of God not as a word, or a stranger, or as someone on high, waiting to judge and punish you. Think of Him as you would want to be thought of if you were God.”
“I'm not really the party person. I don't 'become myself' once I'm drunk. I don't use alcohol to be happy.”
“I think, especially in this time in the world, there is very much a choice between fear and courage, and we all have to pick the courageous route.”

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