"That's what this country needs -- more books!"

-- Christopher Morley

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“Any fool can make a quilt; and, after we had made a couple of dozen over twenty years ago, we quit the business with a conviction that nobody but a fool would spend so much time in cutting bits of dry goods into yet small bits and sewing them together again, just for the sake of making believe that they were busy at practical work.”

Source : Abigail Scott Duniway (2000). “"Yours for Liberty": Selections from Abigail Scott Duniway's Suffrage Newspaper”
“The greatest weapon we have against evil is doing good in Jesus' name.”

Source : Kay Warren (2010). “Say Yes to God: A Call to Courageous Surrender”, p.108, Zondervan
“I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.”
“I always felt that with luxury came cruelty. I do my best to live a happy, prosperous life, but I don't indulge in a lot of luxury.”
“Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead.”
“Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.”
“Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers”

Source : Geronimo (2010). “My Life: The Autobiography of Geronimo”, p.153, Fireship Press
“I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.”

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