"Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have."

-- Sara Sheridan

“My advice if you insist on slimming: Eat as much as you like - just don't swallow it.”
“Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.”
“I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.”
“England totally disarmed and an easy prey to hostile forces! Can you think of anything more likely to excite cupidity and hostile intention? We should sink to the level of a fifth rate Power, our Colonies would be stripped from us, our commerce would decline, famine and unemployment would stalk the land... I have yet to learn that the cause of peace can be served by rendering our country impotent.”

Source : "Semi-detached Idealists: The British Peace Movement and International Relations". Book by Martin Ceadel, p. 271, 2000.
“Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.”
“French is not a language that lends itself naturally to the opaque and ponderous idiom of nature-philosophy, and Teilhard has according resorted to the use of that tipsy, euphoristic prose-poetry which is one of the more tiresome manifestations of the French spirit.”
“The simplest things give me ideas.”
“It usually takes me at least ten days and a number of snacks to go from feeling something to being able to articulate what I felt.”

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