"Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them than giving them some.... I can't help thinking that the cycle is not complete until I can introduce them to a child of their child. And I can think of no better comfort when they are gone than to know that something of them lives on, not only in me but in my children."

-- Anne Cassidy

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“It does look like it's almost like South Africa to this extent: You have a white - what's the word - feeble minority. It's losing its majority status. And it says, the Republican Party, 'We can only get so many white votes. So, we got to reduce the votes of others.' It does look that way. Only the - maybe you're non-partisan, but only Republicans have pushed this in these 31 states. No Democratic legislature. You gotta look at the pattern here. You talk about profiling. I'm sorry, Republicans do this stuff.”

Source : "The Top 20 Worst Chris Matthews Quotes Calling Obama Critics Racist" by Geoffrey Dickens, www.newsbusters.org. November 7, 2013.
“I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at expressing myself in conversation, as any ex-girlfriend will tell you. I'm probably emotionally stunted.”
“All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.”

Source : "The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document".
“Itâ€™s all right,â€ the boy murmured as he felt her trembling. â€œMy grandmother always told me â€˜Never try to turn back on a new roadâ€”you donâ€™t know what adventures await you.”

Source : "Who Is Wayne Wonder?". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. September 5, 2000.
“America isn't as lucky as you guys (Europeans), who for the most part have this quality of food that keeps you slim. We're over-eaters in the United States by nature, with fast food and all this kind of thing.”
“Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.”
“Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.”
“The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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