"It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) (1892). “The Heir Presumptive and the Heir Apparent”

Margaret Oliphant

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“Our people are excited about building solutions, and it's rewarding to see how much fun Netscape employees have doing something they think is relevant and important.”
“I'd rather regret doing something than not doing something.”
“Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.”
“I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Memories are doing funny things to us.”
“If you have older children who avoid you like the plague, buy yourself some expensive bath salts, run a hot tub, and settle in for a long soak. Teenagers who haven't talked to you since their tenth birthday will bang on the door, demanding your immediate attention.”

Source : Teresa Bloomingdale (1982). “Murphy must have been a mother!: (and other laws I live by)”, Doubleday Books
“I am a trembling mess from hip to knee. There is a terrible heat, a looseness in my innards that makes me want to dig my fists between my thighs. It is a confusing feeling - somewhere between diarrhoea and sex - this grief that is almost genital.”
“Countries like Jamaica do not have a random program, so they can go months without being tested. I'm not saying anyone is on anything, but everyone needs to be on a level playing field.”

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