"Most trouble is unnecessary. Between the indignity of being born and the agony of dying enough bad things must of necessity happen to people. But we can't be satisfied with that. We have to go to work and see how much additional trouble we can create. Misunderstanding, turmoil, effort put on all the wrong things, and then more misunderstanding."

-- Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett

#Agony Quotes #People Quotes #Effort Quotes

“But then in April of 1985 the dollar began a sharp decline. The dollar's trade weighted value fell 23 percent in just 12 months and by a total of 37 percent by the beginning of 1988.”
“Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty”

Source : Nathanael Emmons (1861). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D., Third Pastor of the Church in Franklin, Mass: With a Memoir of His Life”, p.101
“I don't recommend washing your face. Because you might drown.”

Source : "Jenna Marbles’ Drunk Makeup Tutorial" by Sara Gates, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2012.
“Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.”
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.”
“Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer.”
“Canada is free and freedom is its nationality,”
“There was a very small crowd - minuscule compared to the crowd that he gathered later - at a private home in Los Angeles. And we were standing on the back patio, waiting for him. And he came through the house, saw me and immediately put his hand up in the Vulcan gesture. He said, 'They told me you were here.' We had a wonderful, brief conversation and I said, 'It would be logical if you would become president.'”

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