"'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."

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Source : Van Wyck Brooks 'New England Indian Summer' (1940) p. 418 n.

Edward Everett Hale

#Country Quotes #Drs Quotes #Looks Quotes

“My happiest childhood memories are of times in our backyard. My mother had an old clothesline that hung out in front. It seemed like it stretched a mile long, and I loved sitting in the sun while she hung clothes.”

Source : Traci Lords (2013). “Traci Lords: Underneath It All”, p.6, Harper Collins
“Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.”
“I've pushed several women in front of violent situations. My rule is save myself first.”
“Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die.”
“My dad was always fascinated and amused by Trump, so I learned to be fascinated and amused by Trump.”
“We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.”
“Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change.”
“Custom makes monsters of us all.”

Source : Ngaio Marsh (2012). “Death in Ecstasy: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #4”, p.145, Felony & Mayhem Press

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