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“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
Source : BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
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“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”
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“Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?”
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“We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.”
Source : Lady Gregory (2013). “The Essential Celtic Folklore Collection”, p.143, eBookIt.com
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“Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.”
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“When I leave here, when my final day on this earth is up, I want to leave in peace. I want to have peace in my heart.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.”
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“Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God in a very real sense. It helps me to pray better.”
Source : Source: www.pbs.org