"Watching TV mum said," Do you miss your dad?" And I said," Who?"

-- Louise Rennison

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“The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life.”
“The biggest trap, the biggest dungeon in life isn't laziness or bad luck, it's comfort.”
“You are the conductor of your own success train.”
“The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.”

Source : “I Have No Sympathy.” by Jenny Trout, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2014.
“Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche.”
“One of the most helpful things I introduced (and of very considerable consequence to Canadians) was my ultimate success in persuading my colleagues (after continuing battle)to reduce the qualifying age for aged pensioners from seventy to sixty-five over a five year period.”
“What mortal is there of us, who would find his satisfaction enhanced by an opportunity of comparing the picture he presents to himself of his doings, with the picture they make on the mental retina of his neighbours? We are poor plants buoyed up by the air-vessels of our own conceit.”
“Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

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