"It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants."

-- John D. MacDonald

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“I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.”

Source : "Good to be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom". Book by Michael Badnarik, 2004.
“The principal task is to put spiritual foundations under both our child's life and our own. This triggers a shift in the elemental way in which we relate to our children, with the result that their behavior automatically falls in line as they become aware of, and true to, who they really are. Behavioral changes are an outgrowth of a shift in the relationship.”
“George Washington Carver said: 'No one has the right to come into this world and go out of it without leaving distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.' So if I'm going to be remembered for something, if I have a choice, I'd rather be known for standing up for my principles than shooting a jump shot.”
“Faced with intolerance and hatred, no debate is possible.”

Source : "Chirac refuses Le Pen debate" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2002.
“Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids.”
“Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938.”
“I am so girly. I love dresses.”

Source : "'Glee' Amber Riley, Jenna Ushkowitz Interview: 'Adele Should Be a Guest Star'". Interview with Catriona Wightman, www.digitalspy.com. September 17, 2011.
“Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.”

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