"Boyhood is distracted for years with precepts of grammar that are infinitely prolix, perplexed and obscure."

-- John Amos Comenius

#Years Quotes #Boyhood Quotes #Obscure Quotes

“We, the Poles, do not understand war as a symbol but as a real fight.”
“It is time the Arabs and the Jews sat down and settled this dispute in the true Christian spirit.”
“Being too happy is bad for you. 8 on 1 10-scale is just right. Eg. cancer patients are more likely to survive if they're at an 8 instead of 9 or 10.”
“I think more awareness is very important so women can learn how to protect themselves. As a fourth-degree black-belt, I learned from a young age that you need to be confident and be able to defend yourself, and that's something that we should start to implement for a lot of women.”

Source : "Questions About Where Miss U.S.A. Really Lives". ABC news, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2014.
“Sometimes success needs interruption to regain focus and shake off complacency.”

Source : Lennox Lewis @LennoxLewis, twitter.com. February 16, 2012.
“You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.”

Source : Norman Douglas (1982). “South Wind”, p.337, Courier Corporation
“I don't quite understand how a generation and a half after the Second World War we've gotten where we are now.”
“Iâ€™ve won his heart, but itâ€™s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And itâ€™s not really marriageâ€”not like the marriage you have with Camâ€”until heâ€™s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself.”

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