"A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain."

-- Jackie French

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Brain Quotes

“I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.”
“We should try to keep our mothers in the home and that's where the whole Reform platform hangs together.”
“I would say the most help I got was from my dad. My dad is a civil engineer in Switzerland; he's 90 years old now, so he's no longer active as a civil engineer, but still a very active person.”
“Those with the least always lose the most in war.”
“We can construct, deconstruct and reconstruct our sexuality any way we want: it is our privilege as thinking creatures. However, human sexuality has a specific nature, regardless of what we believe or say about it. We are more likely to be satisfied with the outcome, if we work with our biology rather than against it. We will be happier if we face reality on its own terms.”
“I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over”
“The experiments show quite clearly that, as you resist more and more temptation, you're actually more and more likely to fail.”
“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.”

Source : Commencement address, 1946.

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