"There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment."

-- Alisa Valdes

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“The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.”
“Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions”
“Peyton was the best, my favorite quarterback growing up.”
“You either make it illegal, in which case you support a huge underground economy or you tax it within the limits people can afford.”
“The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art of honeyed words but not to seem neutral, and above all to keep constantly audible, visible, likable, even kissable.”
“Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree”

Source : "Hideki Tojo's Prison Diary". "The Journal of Historical Review", Vol. 12, No. 1, (pp. 31-85), www.ihr.org. 1992.
“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”
“...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. Thatâ€™s why weâ€™ve got to make sure we pass it on.”

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