"Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure."

-- Millicent Fawcett

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“I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting.”
“Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.”
“Concern for someone else was a good remedy for taking the mind off one's own troubles.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2006). “The True Darcy Spirit: A Novel”, p.160, Simon and Schuster
“Thirty to 40 years ago, most financial decisions were fairly simple.”
“Mac [Barnett ] and I have been friends for more than ten years. We met working at an educational nonprofit. And we have been pranking each other the whole time. It's our own version of a prank war. We thought we would channel some of that energy into writing a book.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
“I feel domesticity just slipping off me. It is a choice. Either one can let it go or one can intensify it. The people who intensify it seem to get quite a lot of interest out of that, too, and are as preoccupied as pirates.”
“Relying on luck, however, does not constitute a policy.”

Source : David Galula (2006). “Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice”, p.47, Greenwood Publishing Group

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