"It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children are never grateful. ... The 'sacrifices' you made were not for them, they were for you."

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Source : Billie Burke, Cameron Shipp (2016). “With Powder on My Nose”, p.37, Pickle Partners Publishing

Billie Burke

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“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”
“So deeply inherent is it in this life of ours that men have to suffer for each other's sins, so inevitably diffusive is human suffering, that even justice makes its victims, and we can conceive no retribution that does not spread beyond its mark in pulsations of unmerited pain.”
“Knackered inmates are easier to control than pumped-up ones. And dead inmates are even easier to control, if you follow me.”
“I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.”
“I don't think it makes any sense for an individual to invest in common stocks unless they know the company, work at the company, and so on.”
“Early risers catch the world waking and see its true colors.”
“He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you canâ€™t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
“A love revolution is forming far out to sea like a series of waves that build on one another until the whole earth is consumed. The first set of waves releases a quickening anointing. The second set of waves, a love revolution. The third set of waves will sweep across the world and release a worldwide revival. I believe that we can position ourselves to catch this incoming set of waves that will release to you a "quickening spirit" or "quickening anointing." It is being released - now. Catch the wave!”

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