"For years, my master had done his utmost to pollute my mind with foul images, and to destroy the pure principles inculcated by my grandmother, and the good mistress of my childhood"

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Source : Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, p.83

Harriet Ann Jacobs

#Grandmother Quotes #Years Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.”
“I really like listening to music in my car.”

Source : "Rebecca Romijn's Recipes for Success". Interview with Maggie Furlong, www.health.com. July 25, 2012.
“The men with God's 'go' in them have these three characteristics-a saving experience, the evidence of supernatural power at work, and the spiritual efficacy of success in prayer.”
“There are a lot of barbecue sauces. But I've been using Head Country barbecue sauce for 20 to 25 years, which is manufactured in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It's just awesome and has tremendous flavor. Many professional cooks use it and it can be found at Kroger and Walmart stores around the country. I use the Original, which has a white label and is a classic. But there's also a hickory flavor, called Hickory Smoke and one that has a little heat.”
“You can't drive to the coastline. You can only drive so close to the white chalky cliff and then you have to get out and dive.”

Source : Joyelle McSweeney (2007). “Flet: A Novel”
“I'm a Harry Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson and Bill Clinton Democrat.”
“Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors and readers don't know what they want to read until they read it. Besides, they're always looking for something new.”
“A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.”

Source : "The Interplay of Influence: Mass Media and Their Publics in News, Advertising, Politics (Wadsworth series in mass communication)". Book by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and‎ Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, 1982.

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