"My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change."

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Source : William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.52, Cosimo, Inc.

William Banting

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“Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.”
“Hope is the parent of Faith.”
“I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.”
“I'm human, you're human. So they said, but inside we're all animals.”
“I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally an optimistic person. The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?”
“I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.”

Source : Edward Carpenter, Tony Brown (1990). “Edward Carpenter and Late Victorian Radicalism”, p.40, Psychology Press
“I don't think I made a conscious decision as a career choice. From my school days I had decided, persuaded by my parents, to prepare myself for the law. Then the Japanese occupation came and we went through three and a half years of what I would call the university of life, it was hard, it was harsh.”
“What right had they to make me suffer like that?”

Source : Anna Sewell (2015). “Black Beauty”, p.30, Xist Publishing

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