"Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash."

-- Ruth Ann Minner

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“The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldn't have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldn't possibly have gone.”
“The only things stopping me today are: genetics, lack of will, income, brain chemistry and external events.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 19, 2011
“Jealousy always has been my cross, the weakness and woundedness in me that has most often caused me to feel ugly and unlovable, like the Bad Seed. Iâ€™ve had many years of recovery and therapy, years filled with intimate and devoted friendships, yet I still struggle. I know that when someone gets a big slice of pie, it doesnâ€™t mean thereâ€™s less for me. In fact, I know that there isnâ€™t even a pie, that thereâ€™s plenty to go around, enough food and love and air. But I donâ€™t believe it for a second. I secretly believe thereâ€™s a pie. I will go to my grave brandishing my fork.”
“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”

Source : Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Euripides”
“After each dream, Frankie woke with a start, soaked in tears. But she found no relief in the peaceful silence of her room, because there everything was real. And the guilt was too immense to bear. Each time she opened her eyes, she'd quickly shut them. And wish that she had woken up for the very last time.”
“Feminist politics aims to end domination, to free us to be who we are - to live lives where we love justice, where we can live in peace. Feminism is for everybody.”
“Politically, Swift was one of those people who are driven into a sort of perverse Toryism by the follies of the progressive party of the moment.”
“Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.”

Source : Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.60

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