"All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America."

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Ezra Stiles

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“For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with their ministrations to their menfolk at home. Such contributions to the war effort were socially acceptable because they could be seen as an extension into the military sphere of the traditional female virtues of charity, nurture and needlework. Yet in reality what the women were doing represented the thin end of a far more radical wedge. Consciously or not, these female patriots were staking out a civic role for themselves. And many of them relished it.”
“Having a great marriage isn't rocket science. It's simply a choice.”
“Before a fight between Riddick Bowe and Hector Gonzales: Generally when there's a lot of smoke . . . there's just a whole lot more smoke.”
“I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.”
“We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.”

Source : Tad Williams (2006). “The War Of The Flowers”, p.435, Penguin
“The new buzz word in Silicon Valley is "integration". Work-life "balance" is very 2.0. All these women share ways in which they integrate their family life and work. Facebook's head of Global Solutions, Carolyn Everson, for example, takes her children along on her business trips once a quarter. They meet her clients, visit new places and get a better understanding of what mom does when she isn't at home with them.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“I was like a lost moonâ€•my planet destroyed in some cataclysmic, disaster-movie scenario of desolationâ€•that continued, nevertheless, to circle in a tight little orbit around the empty space left behind, ignoring the laws of gravity.”
“All too often, it seems, we're willing to be students of Christianity rather than disciples of Christ.”

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