"A few yes men may be born, but mostly they are made. Fear is a great breeder of them."

-- William Wrigley, Jr.

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“If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Thandie Newton, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2011.
“Maybe she'd seen too many Japanese horror movies, and maybe it was just a tingle of warning from generations of superstitious ancestors, but suddenly she knew that what Alyssa wanted was not to be saved, but for Shane to join her. In death.”
“The Church is not an enforcer of rules, but an outpost of grace”

Source : Brian Houston (2015). “Live, Love, Lead”, p.50, Hachette UK
“I try to look at it like an angry optimist. In other words, I'm not happy with the state of affairs that we have. The rise of nationalism under the guise of patriotism is so effed up, and underneath this banner of "patriotism" is the worst of nationalist rhetoric: racism, xenophobia, sexism, pitting communities against each other, implicitly inciting race wars and stuff like that. So that's the angry part of it, but I'm incredibly optimistic about the potential to redefine what it means to be a "patriotic American" .”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.”
“If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.”
“It is one of the triumphs of human wit ... to conquer by humility and submissiveness ... to make oneself small in order to appear great ... such ... are often the expedients of the neurotic.”
“Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives his heart.”

Source : Karel Capek (2002). “The Gardener's Year”

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