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“The rigidity of those pledges is something I donâ€™t like. The circumstances change and you canâ€™t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. Itâ€™sâ€”who the hell is Grover Norquist, anyway?”
“To let God make us, instead of painfully trying to make ourselves; to follow the path that his love shows us, instead of through conceit or cowardice or mockery choosing another; to trust Him for our strength and fitness as the flowers do, simply giving ourselves back to Him in grateful service,â€”this is to keep the laws that give us the freedom of the city in which there is no longer any night of bewilderment or ignorance or uncertainty.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2008). “A Country Doctor”, p.238, Bantam Classics
“My husband is the only guy I've ever dated where I've never been drunk around him. I couldn't handle dating without drinking in the past.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“The notion of a healthy society, of capable people who are able to enjoy life, arose in the liberal, middle-class, leftist and non-religious segments of society. The euthanasia idea came from neither the radical right-wing nor the conservative corner. It was and remains part of the modern age and progressive thought.”
“Temptations will no more prevail over a contented man, than a dart that is thrown against a brazen wall.”
“I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.”

Source : "John Galliano describes rampant drug abuse in first interview since Dior firing" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2013.
“No education deserves the name unless it develops thought, unless it pierces down to the mysterious spiritual principle of mind, and starts that into activity and growth.”

Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1851). “Literature and life, lects”, p.95
“(On returning to Austin to run at his collegiate stadium) It is almost like coming home with the crowd, the people, and it just brings it home for me. For me, it is a very special place, it is great energy, and again I always seem to run very well here. So I love coming back.”

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