"I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station."

-- Elinor Lipman

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“The only Black woman I ever loved is my mama.”
“A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.”
“The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.”

Source : Joseph Glanvill (1979). “Collected Works of Joseph Glanvill”, Georg Olms Verlag
“The greeting of peace (as-salamu 'alaykum) has many meanings. One of these meanings is that the person you are greeting will be safe from you (from your tongue, your heart, and your hand) and that you will not transgress against that person with your words or your deeds. This greeting is also a prayer for peace, safety, mercy, and blessings. We should take these noble meanings, which we so often say with our tongues, and make them our way of life in our dealings with other people.”
“If there is anything we are serious about, it is neither religion nor learning, but food.”
“Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.”

Source : "Catch Me If You Can". www.imdb.com. 2002.
“Love comes into being through useful service to others.”
“I can't say it's not painful being estranged from most of my family. I wish it could be otherwise.”

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