"The time is approaching when we shall consider it abhorrent to our civilization to allow a human being to die in prolonged agony which we should mercifully end in any other creature."

-- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#Civilization Quotes #Agony Quotes #Abhorrent Quotes

“If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.”

Source : Paul Harvey News, 1979
“Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering.”
“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”
“I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.”
“I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans.”
“It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one's self-respect. Self-respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher. To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.”
“The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.”

Source : "'Growing Pains' Cast Reunion". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. February 7, 2006.
“When you look for independence and you get what you want, how come you look back thinking what have I done?”

Source : Song: A Place to Call Home

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