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“We had enough years in front of us to be serious and grown-up and respectable. Why rush it? But on the other hand we always complained when teachers and other adults treated us as kids. In fact there was nothing that annoyed me more. So it was a frustrating situation. What we needed was a two-sided badge that said 'Mature' on one side and 'Childish' on the other. Then at any moment we could turn it to whatever side we felt like being and the adults could treat us accordingly.”
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“Life is a velvet crowbar hitting you over the head, youre bleeding syrup amour, bleeding to death.”
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“At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.”
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“An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.”
Source : "Fisher v. Prince", 3 Burr. Part IV. 1365, 1762.
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“Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.”
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“Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand?”
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“We should listen to the voice of conscience. It does not take nearly as much courage as one might think to admit to our mistakes and learn from them. Human beings are in this world to learn and to change themselves in learning.”
Source : Traudl Junge (2012). “Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary”, p.6, Hachette UK
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“Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.”
