"I know, I say, after he says, This is hard, for the third time. This is what happens when you have a TRM, I tell him. You make a mess. It's okay. You just have to try harder next time. I am trying hard, Dad says. I know. You get a sticker. Thank you. Okay. You get another sticker for being polite."

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Source : Kathryn Erskine (2010). “Mockingbird”, p.84, Penguin

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“Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death.”

Source : "The Issue". Eugene V. Debs' speech in Girard, Kansas, May 23, 1908.
“I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.”

Source : "‘Bourne Legacy’ star Jeremy Renner on ‘Avengers’ action and more". Interview with Noelene Clark, herocomplex.latimes.com. August 6, 2012.
“I represent more the healthy, happy, curvy, strong woman. And that sounds much healthier to me than being 80 pounds and skinny as a bean.”
“We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts.”
“We are trying to live as if we were an experiment conducted by the future”
“The thing that keeps me most awake is the desire and curiosity to learn more.”

Source : "Big Think Interview With Juan Enriquez". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 9, 2009.
“Since I was a kid I just wanted to be in Nashville.”
“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”

Source : "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" l. 36 (1751)

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