"Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life."

-- John Galsworthy

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“I think it was when I was 12 when I entered a singing competition. I sang my own original song for an audience of 1,000 people.”

Source : "Birdy Releases Debut Album". Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. March 16, 2012.
“You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day.”
“Reading is the basics for all learning.”
“That's what is so great about being able to record a 13-song album. You can do a very eclectic group of songs. You do have some almost pop songs in there, but you do have your traditional country, story songs. You have your ballads, your happy songs, your sad songs, your love songs, and your feisty songs.”
“I have a tendency to go through my life at full speed and as a one-man band, and so I don't generally stop and take in other people enough to develop many relationships. I'm starting to regret that a bit. I want to change it.”
“If it's not tested, it's broken.”

Source : Bruce Eckel (2003). “Thinking in Java”, p.993, Prentice Hall Professional
“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”
“Gratitude & joy drove them to do good works before the thought that they had to do them even crossed their mind.”

Source : Herman Bavinck (2008). “Reformed Dogmatics : Volume 4: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation”, p.243, Baker Books

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