"Ralston stiffened at the reference to the stupid wager that caused so much pain and unhappiness. He ignored Oxford's proffered hand, and instead met the baron's concerned gaze, and said, "Keep the money. I have her. She's all I want."

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Sarah MacLean

#Pain Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Hands Quotes

“You can't call it a sport. You don't run, jump, you don't shoot, you don't pass. All you have to do is buy some clothes that don't match.”
“MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.”
“He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.”

Source : Marisha Pessl (2006). “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p.199, Penguin
“Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.”

Source : "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.
“I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.”
“The more you understand the magnitude of God's grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness ; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness , the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God's gift of grace.”
“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security ... .”
“A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.”

Source : Henry Latham Doherty (1923). “Principles and ideas for Doherty men: papers, addresses and letters”

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