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“A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.”
Source : Referring to the Jacobin, in 'New Morality' (1821) l. 113.
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“I actually have very girly taste in television. I like a chicky relationship show probably more than anything. I really like 'Project Runway'.”
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“Only when we have done all we knew to do can we wait by faith for God to do what only He can do.”
Source : James MacDonald (2011). “Always True: God's 5 Promises When Life Is Hard”, p.111, Moody Publishers
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“Knowing there is a world that will outlive you, there are people whose well-being depends on how you live your life, affects the way you live your life, whether or not you directly experience those effects. You want to be the kind of person who has the larger view, who takes other people's interests into account, who's dedicated to the principles that you can justify, like justice, knowledge, truth, beauty and morality.”
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“In midmost of the stream, embraced in the weir's shimmering arm-spread, a small island lay anchored, fringed close with willow and silver birch and alder. Reserved, shy, but full of significance, it hid whatever it might hold behind a veil, keeping it till the hour should come, and, with the hour, those who were called and chosen.”
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“A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is one of conservation's greatest assets”
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“He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.”
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“I'm not much of a chess player, but there is an aspect of the game that I find fascinating. After a while, you can almost see lines of force between the pieces. Areas of danger where it is physically impossible to move pieces into. Clouds of possibility, forbidden zones.”