"To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing."

-- Martha Beck

“Iâ€™m â€œexceptionalâ€- a democratic term used to avoid the damning labels of â€œgiftedâ€ and â€œdeprivedâ€ (which used to mean â€œbrightâ€ and â€œretardedâ€) and as soon as â€œexceptionalâ€ begins to mean anything to anyone theyâ€™ll change it. The idea seems to be: use an expression as long as it doesnâ€™t mean anything to anybody. â€œExceptionalâ€ refers to both ends of the spectrum, so all my life Iâ€™ve been exceptional.”
“If it is important do it everyday”
“Sometimes growing pains are by fits and starts.”

Source : "Freshman Rep. Anne Northup Wins GOP Attention with Flair" by Susan Crabtree, www.questia.com.
“Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player.”
“There are no standards for computer programmers and no group to certify them.”
“Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street.”
“To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny”
“When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.

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