"In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings."

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Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends”, p.319, London, R. Bentley

Mary Russell Mitford

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“... we can see both that love for God is begotten from the virtues and that virtues are born of love. For this reason the Lord said at one point in the Gospels, 'He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me' (Jn. 14:21), and at another point, 'He who loves Me will keep My commandments' (cf. Jn. 14:23).”
“Joy makes us giddy, dizzy.”
“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.”

Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Children of the Mind”, p.202, Macmillan
“Affliction is more apt to suffocate the imagination than to stimulate it.”
“We cannot improve the world if we are conformed to the world.”
“I know what it's like to audition, so it's important that everybody who auditions, even if I know right off they're not right for it, has a good experience. So I'll never just have someone do one pass at it and say "Thank you".”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.”

Source : "Timothy Olyphant: 'Justified' In Laying Down The Law". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 28, 2011.
“When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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