"The first war zone was declared by Great Britain. She gave us and the world notice of it on the 4th day of November, 1914. The zone became effective Nov. 5, 1914."

-- George W. Norris

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“Our ability to turn off empathy for specific kinds of humans and then use faulty logic to justify our beliefs is messily sociopathic.”

Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.
“What is it about men that make women so lonely?”
“We may conceive an hope that the next generation will in tongue and heart and every way else become English; so as there will be no difference or distinction but the Irish sea betwixt us.”

Source : Sir John Davies (1786). “Historical Tracts”, p.215
“We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.”

Source : "Why Tim Cook Doesn't Care About 'The Bloody ROI'" by Steve Denning, www.forbes.com. March 7, 2014.
“I tell him, "Attaway to hit, George."”
“One bright pansy popping through a sidewalk crack will get weeded or stepped on; it's not until twenty fabulous flowers bust through and the pavement is ruined anyway that someone decides maybe it isn't a sidewalk at all, but a flower garden. So please, for the love of gender--go bloom.”
“I credit my parents for instilling in me a good work ethic and the sensibility that God serves those best who serve themselves.”
“I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.”

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