"Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends."

-- Mas Oyama

#Reading Quotes #Book Quotes #Good Friend Quotes

“Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life.”
“So many young people say, 'I'm just going to see what happens.' It's so much more powerful to make things happen and have a plan.”
“I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction.”
“I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.”
“I'm not a big fan of guitar face. You know, when someone's playing guitar, and they make this really embarrassing face, like they smush their lips together and... they look you in the eye and it's really humiliating. You know some people have that really embarrassing guitar face? I remember thinking about this when I was doing the DJing, because... you do have to focus, and that's what happens, it's your focus face. But you're in a movie, so you should probably lock it up.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.”

Source : James Payn (1882). “Sammlung”
“We have a whole bunch of young people and a whole bunch of families. Are we going to disrupt these families and tear them apart? Or are we going think, like, listen - these people are here. We've got to deal with this reality. We've got to extend the franchise.”
“For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?”

Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”

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