"I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it"

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Source : Nellie Bly (2015). “The Collected Works of Nellie Bly (Annotated)”, p.85, Golgotha Press

Nellie Bly

#Doctors Quotes #Asking Quotes #Sanity Quotes

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.”
“Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.”
“Government should have drones. Industries, companies can have drones. Everyone else doesn't need drones. It's just going to create mischief. They are going to be crashing the planes, they're going to be spying on neighbors. People don't need drones.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have.”
“I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.”
“McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15.”
“As soon as you start talking about Scouting, there's an immediate connection and brotherhood.”
“You cannot say, 'No, Lord,' and mean both words; one annuls the other. If you say no to Him, then He is not your Lord.”

Source : D. James Kennedy (1997). “The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail: The Attack on Christianity and What You Need to Know to Combat It”, Nelson Reference & Electronic Publishing

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