"We are not anti-American. we do not dislike Americans though we abhor American imperialism in all its manifestations. But then, so do many Americans. Many of them have said that even more forthrightly than we have, and many of them have suffered more than any of us for their plain speaking."

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Source : Tommy Douglas' speech at NDP National Convention in Ottawa, Ontario, April 21, 1971.

Tommy Douglas

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“Nobody's sex life is such that every experience is a ten. You may have to be satisfied with regular eights or sixes and even an occasional three.”

Source : Kevin Leman (2010). “Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage”, p.10, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“A busy life is a wasted life.”

Source : Francis Crick (2008). “What Mad Pursuit”, p.108, Hachette UK
“Leopard print has been my thing forever! When I was a teenager my entire room was done in leopard print - it's timeless, chic, and always in style. When in doubt... leopard!”
“Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying.”
“I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was made about them. I had, for instance, early discovered that, if you gave a baby a finger to hold, it held it. This was perhaps interesting, but it wanted greatly in the dear element of surprise.”

Source : Dorothy Cottrell (1929). “The Singing Gold”
“In movies, I have had the opportunity of working with some of the people that I respect very much”

Source : "Chi McBride of 'Boston Public'". Interview with Lori Blackman, edition.cnn.com. April 10, 2001.
“The Christian religion and Masonry have one and the same common origin: Both are derived from the worship of the Sun. The difference between their origin is, that the Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.”
“There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.”

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