"To try to expunge an individual's history is a terrible violation."

-- Helen Dunmore

#Trying Quotes #Individual Quotes #Terrible Quotes

“It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an effort, but not go overboard.”
“My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.”
“Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly.”
“Helping others isn't a chore, it is one of the greatest gifts there is. I want to challenge the next generation of women to find a way to give back that inspires and fulfills them and weave it into their daily lives. If the next generation can learn that early on, we have a real chance to change the world.”
“The problem was, I enjoyed Question Period too much and loved the challenge it provided. Far from being a dreaded burden, it had become an exciting part of my life; opposition members attacked me, I fought back, I won or lost or held them to draw, and the next day we did it all over again.”
“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.”
“But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.”
“It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.”

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