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“I was taught a very strong work ethic that included punctuality, which I've always felt is a sign of respect for others.”
Source : FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Sep 28, 2016 
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“As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.”
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“Arthur’s fingers tighten on the silver-braided hilt: see how naturally it fits his hand! He pulls. The Sword of Britain slides from its stone sheath. The ease with which this is accomplished shines in the wonder in Arthur’s eyes. He truly cannot believe what he has done. Nor can he comprehend what it means.”
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“The subject I liked best was painting, but the teachers didn't approve of my experiments and sometimes criticized me in front of the whole class. Maybe my love for photography came from that humiliation: a photo is something that you develop and print yourself, in the dark, and that remains in the dark until you decide to show it.”
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“Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home.”
Source : Isabella L. Bird (2012). “A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains”, p.159, Courier Corporation
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“Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made.”
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“To deny that in a child after baptism sin remains is to treat with contempt both Paul and Christ.”
Source : "Exsurge Domine". Book by Pope Leo X, June 15, 1520.
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“First there was just my home. Now I have to deal with the whole world.”
