"As the cherub is to the angel, so the cat is to the tiger..."

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Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2001). “The Tribe of Tiger”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Cat Quotes #Angel Quotes #Cherubs Quotes

“There are some things we can control and others we simply cannot. And our ability to distinguish between them is critical to our happiness and wellbeing. Sometimes unexpected stuff will happen to us or around us. Our true power lies in our response.”
“I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle”
“Bangkok 8 is one of the most startling and provocative mysteries that I've read in years. The characters are marvelously unique, the setting is intoxicating and the plot unwinds in dark illusory strands, reminiscent of Gorky Park. Once I started, I didn't want to put it down.”
“People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of character and moral literacy-can be conservative, and good people can be liberal. We must not permit our disputes over thorny political questions to obscure the obligation we have to offer instruction to all our young people in the area in which we have, as a society, reached a consensus: namely, on the importance of good character, and some of its pervasive particulars.”

Source : "The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories". Book edited by William Bennett, 1993.
“The complete emancipation of women from the ties which held them back in the past, during the ages of despotism and ignorance, is a basic aim of the Party and the Revolution. Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.”
“I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.”
“Just as outlawing alcohol did not work in the 1920s, current attempts to prohibit online gambling will not work, either.”
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

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