"Sometimes adults seem as though they have cut a chord from being a child."

-- Roddy Doyle

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“Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.”

Source : "James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.
“Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive 25 percent of our national budget from the European Union. We understand the value of solidarity.”
“We're in three living groups, 'cause even after the world's ended some ***** still can't get along.”
“I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows / where the rarest wildflowers / are blooming, and who goes, / and finds that he is smiling / not by his own will.”
“To finish off this whole Olympics by finally getting the gold medal, it's the best feeling in the world.”
“By which I get my wealth-- And very gladly will I drink Your Honour's noble health.”
“Anything you want to succeed in, you can do.”
“Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation. How else can the individual welcome change over security, adventure over staying in safe places?”

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