"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past."

-- Clara Barton

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“What's the difference between the Lib-Dems and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own,”
“True discernment means not only distinguishing the right from the wrong; it means distinguishing the primary from the secondary, the essential from the indifferent, and the permanent from the transient. And, yes, it means distinguishing between the good and the better, and even between the better and the best.”
“I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.”
“Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use the equipment is no more blocking what is instinctive than it is for a man who, muscles or no, chooses not to be a weightlifter.”
“Flowers speak to us if we listen. Appreciating the blossom in hand or pausing in the garden to admire the beauty quiets our outer selves till we hear something new, something we did not hear before - the still, small voice of Nature herself.”

Source : Jean Hersey (1964). “A Sense of Seasons”
“I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds.”

Source : Marissa Moss (2011). “The Pharaoh's Secret”, p.69, Abrams
“Acrid bitterness inevitably seeps into the lives of people who harbor grudges and suppress anger, and bitterness is always a poison.Â It keeps your pain alive instead of letting you deal with it and get beyond it.Â Bitterness sentences you to relive the hurt over and over.”

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