"To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it."

-- J. Norman Collie

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“If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call in question or discuss it, and regards as impious those questions which cannot easily be asked without disturbing it - the life of that man is one long sin against mankind.”

Source : William Kingdon Clifford (1886). “Lectures and Essays, by the Late William Kingdon Clifford”
“Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.”
“I don't want to play with marbles, when God told me to move mountains!”
“You became a reader because you saw and heard someone you admired enjoying the experience, someone led you to the world of books even before you could read, let you taste the magic of stories, took you to the library, and allowed you to stay up later at night to read in bed.”
“The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.”
“Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.”
“You're going to find the good people and bad all around.”

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