"What are sisters for if not to point out the things the rest of the world is too polite to mention."

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Source : Claire Cook (2014). “Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life”, p.188, Marshbury Beach Books

Claire Cook

#World Quotes #Polite Quotes

“In health, in the bustle of living, it was easy to believe in heaven and a life to come. But when the blow fell, and those you loved passed into the great Silence, where you could not get at them, or they at you, then doubts, aching doubts took possession of one.”

Source : Henry Handel Richardson, Henry Handel Richardson (pseud.) (1971). “Ultima Thule”
“What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development. But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them. The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play bass.”
“I never write a play with an eye to film.”
“There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable.”

Source : "America at Risk: Two Novels President Obama Should Read". www.foxnews.com. March 31, 2009.
“God is more powerful than anybody's past, no matter how wretched. He can make us forget - not by erasing the memory but by taking the sting and paralyzing effect out of it”

Source : Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.136, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.”
“To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.”

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