"Apparently you have ample proof from experience that you're not going to stop world evil by debating your in-laws into submission, so it's okay to choose not to try."

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Source : "Carolyn Hax Live: Use the china (Nov. 20)". The Washington Post Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. November 20, 2015.

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“In the United Kingdom, for example, the sheer overwhelming dominance of London makes it extremely for provincial cities to develop more than a very restricted financial function. London, in that sense, is akin to the notorious upas tree, a fabulous Javanese tree so poisonous that it destroys all life for many miles around itself.”

Source : Peter Dicken (2003). “Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century”, p.467, SAGE
“I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when Im travelling.”
“I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.”
“I rejoice when I meet gifted young people... I feel the future is in good hands.”
“I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to.”
“Goodness is always an asset. A man who is straight, friendly and useful may never be famous, but he is respected and liked by all who know him. He has laid a sound foundation for success and he will have a worthwhile life.”

Source : Forbes, p. 42, 1948.
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.”
“Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose.”

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