"Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up."

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Source : Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”

Jessica Zafra

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Manipulation Quotes

“Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.”
“I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted a figure of a black woman that the reader has to confront.”
“A LAW, by the very meaning of the term, includes supremacy. It is a rule which those to whom it is prescribed are bound to observe. This results from every political association.”
“You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.”
“Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music and arts programs. They increase the ability of young people to do math. They increase the ability of young people to read. And most important of all, they're a lot of fun.”
“It was certainly a good death scene. I'm endlessly perishing in roles but it's a wonderful thing to be asked to do.”
“How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The wide mouth curved slightly in the first genuine smile Grey had seen. "I swallowed it," Fraser said. Grey's hand closed convulsively on the sapphire. He opened his hand and rather gingerly set the gleaming blue thing on the table by the chess piece. "I see," he said. "I'm sure you do, Major," said Fraser, with a gravity that merely made the glint of amusement in his eyes more pronounced. "A diet of rough parritch has its advantages, now and again.”
“I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.”

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