"I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman"

-- Ian Paisley

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“I long ago discovered that you can't TELL about Pollyanna. The minute you try to, she sounds priggish and preachy, and--impossible. Yet you and I know she is anything but that.”
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
“I have no ambition to shine beyond my abilities.”

Source : Washington Allston (1993). “The Correspondence of Washington Allston”, p.13, University Press of Kentucky
“I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.”
“Take me as godfather." The man asked, "Who art thou?" "I am Death, and I make all equal." Then said the man, "Thou art the right one, thou takest the rich as well as the poor, without distinction; thou shalt be godfather." Death answered, "I will make thy child rich and famous, for he who has me for a friend can lack nothing.”

Source : Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (2014). “Grimm's Fairy Tales: Complete and illustrated - 211 Tales”, p.176, Ageless Reads
“I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.”
“One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.”
“I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.”

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