"To please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward."

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L. Frank Baum

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“The road to perseverance lies by doubt.”
“There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint out horror in most hideous shapes: whil'st men unhors'd, horses unmast'red, stray'd, some call'd on those whom they most dearly lov'd, some rag'd, some groan'd, some sigh'd, roar'd, promis'd, pray'd, as blows, falls, faintness, pain, hope, anguish mov'd.”
“It is still my dream to own a little flower shop.”

Source : "Kirsty Gallacher: my Saturday job" by Mark King, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2012.
“I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo me; have no pity for self-pity and so am free of that sweet baseness. I doubt I am. Being meâ€™s no joke.”
“Adlai Stevenson, himself a notable speaker, often reminisced about his last meeting with Churchill. I asked him on whom or what he had based his oratorical style. Churchill replied, "It was an American statesman who inspired me and taught me how to use every note of the human voice like an organ." Winston then to my amazement started to quote long excerpts from Bourke Cockran's speeches of 60 years before. "He was my model," Churchill said. "I learned from him how to hold thousands in thrall."”
“It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.”
“I wasn't allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he's gone no one has been able to shut me up.”
“I love pushing my body to the limit & seeing how far I can take it before it breaks.”

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