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Susan Elizabeth Phillips

"They reached the carriage house. When she turned the knob, he got all critical again. â€œWhy isnâ€™t this door locked?â€ â€œItâ€™s Parrish. Thereâ€™s not much point.â€ â€œWe have crime here, just as any other place does. Keep this door locked from now on.â€ â€œLike thatâ€™s going to stop you. All youâ€™d have to do is give it one good kick, and â€“ â€œ â€œNot from me, you ninny!â€ â€œI hate to be the one to break the bad news, but if they find my body, youâ€™re the one with the biggest grudge.â€ â€œItâ€™s impossible to hold a rational conversation with you."

-- Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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“One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing.”
“That orbed maiden, with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon.”
“He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold. [Lat., Qui studet optatam cursu coningere metam Multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit.]”
“The close-up says everything.”
“"I want to stay alive in pretty much 90% of my movies. Slaughtering isn't exactly what I'm going for, but I will play edgy for sure."”
“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!”
“Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of 'speculation'; but which ought to be called Gambling.”

Source : "Advice to Young Men, and (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life (Letter 2)". Book by William Cobbett, 1829.
“Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.”

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