"Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform."

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Source : "Scouting for the Reaper". Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2009.

Jacob M. Appel

#Girl Quotes #Tombstone Quotes #Uniforms Quotes

“Not kings alone--the people, too, have their flatterers.”
“Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become a storage room without a key. We are forced to suppress or forget so many events and ideas and thoughts that those to which we should have access are lost in the welter. However, there are people who seem capable of unlocking this part of their minds and extracting relevant information.”

Source : Margaret Millar (1942). “The weak-eyed bat”, Published for The Crime club by Doubleday, Doran
“We could fly anywhere in the world given that we had to fly coach but we could fly anywhere in the world or do whatever we wanted to do.”

Source : Source: www.tvequals.com
“I'd rather kill myself than work in the music industry today.”
“All things else being equal, our prayers are only as powerful as our lives. In the long pull we only pray as well as we live.”
“There are some people who love being a something, but I also got the gist in the 60's when I grew up that you could be, in the art scene, very diverse.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine. In order to feel alive, we have to accomplish things that we once believed we could not.”
“Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.”

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