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“Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.”
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“Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.”
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“There is a sound reason why one and a half billion dollars are spent for cosmetics in your country every year, and only half that sum for education: There are no naturally pretty girls in the United States.”
Source : Elizabeth Hawes (1948). “Anything But Love: A Complete Digest of the Rules of Feminine Behavior from Birth to Death ...”
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“To begin with, I don't have any stage fright”
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“We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.”
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“I may … surprise you - but I shall not deceive you.”
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“There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach; the function of the second is -- to move.”
Source : Thomas De Quincey (1873). “Leaders in literature”, p.5
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“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.”
Source : "Vegetable Magnetism" by Dave Barry, www.washingtonpost.com. March 17, 1991. 
