"It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education."

-- Edmund Barton

#People Quotes #Demand Quotes #States Quotes

“As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway.”
“An untidy, badly run house will ruin any marriage and is a disgrace to any intelligent woman.”
“Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.”
“In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.”
“I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.”
“She didn't want to go far, just out of the trees so she could see the stars. They always eased her loneliness. She thought of them as beautiful creatures, burning and cold; each solitary, and bleak, and silent like her.”
“I was feeling pretty good out there in the middle when I went in, but it was one of those things - sometimes you get a really good ball. If it gets you out you just have to forget about it and make sure you do the hard work out there next time you get in.”
“I told my whole life story in my book.”

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