"There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it."

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Source : Pearl Bailey (1976). “Hurry up, America, & spit”, Harcourt

Pearl Bailey

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“Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical against fanaticism.”
“A nation that kills its own children has no future.”
“Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness is a way of making _less_ effort. It is the most economic attitude there is, because it saves us much energy that we might otherwise waste in suspicion, worry, resentment, manipulation, or unnecessary defense. It is an attitude that, by eliminating the inessential, brings us back to the simplicity of being.”

Source : Piero Ferrucci (2007). “The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life”, p.26, Penguin
“The third-date rule [that you need to have sex by the third date] treats sex like it's the down payment on a relationship.”
“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”
“We slowly work on getting more markets. We slowly work on building relationships. And over time once we gain people's trust and they see what we do and they see what we deliver each and every show, more and more people are interested in jumping on the Ring Of Honour train. I definitely think the success will continue.”

Source : Source: 411mania.com
“The last time I didn't sexually harass someone here at the campaign, I didn't pay them $850,000 dollars.”
“Two-factor economics makes it clear that our economic problem is not what one-factor (labor-centric) thinkers assert: an inequitable distribution of income. It is an inequitable distribution of productive power, from which an unworkable distribution of income results.”

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