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“A woman is a foreign land.”
Source : 1854 TheAngel in the House, bk.2,The Espousal, canto 9, prelude 2,'The Foreign Land'.
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“That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.”
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“Soup is to the meal, what the hostesses smile of welcome is to the party. A prelude to the goodness to come.”
Source : Louis Pullig De Gouy (1949). “The Soup Book: 770 Recipes”, p.11, Courier Corporation
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“Some legislators only wish to vengeance against a particular enemy. Others only look out for themselves. They devote very little time on the consideration of any public issue. They think that no harm will come from their neglect. They act as if it is always the business of somebody else to look after this or that. When this selfish notion is entertained by all, the commonwealth slowly begins to decay.”
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“I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!”
Source : Joanna Baillie (1806). “A Series of Plays: The election. Ethwald. The second marriage. 3d ed”, p.9
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“We must keep in mind that only a part of memory can be translated into the language-based packets of information people use to tell their life stories to others. Learning to be open to many layers of communication is a fundamental part of getting to know another person's life.”
Source : Daniel J. Siegel (2015). “The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are”, p.67, Guilford Publications
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“I have to do everything tomorrow first.”
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“I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings..”
