"Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium."

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Source : Newton Booth Tarkington (2015). “Penrod”, p.102, Booklassic

Booth Tarkington

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“When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.”
“Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.”

Source : Alfred Marshall (2010). “Principles of Economics”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.
“Religion is caught, not taught.”
“The fundamentalists were equally stymied. â€œWe were worried about Adam and Steve,â€ a Baptist minister said. â€œShould we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy?”
“I was always a big Justice League fan. I always loved Batman, Superman - I have a weird Martian Manhunter fixation.”
“People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?”
“I'd be surprised if Ronald Reagan doesn't run again. To us it's a second term. To him it's a double feature.”
“I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear.”

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