"Painting is silent poetry."

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“Boys forget what their country means by just reading "the land of the free" in history books. Then they get to be men, they forgeteven more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books.”

Source : "Fictional character: Jefferson Smith". "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", www.imdb.com. 1939.
“We work really hard never to get confused with what we know from what we think or hope or wish.”
“Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.”
“I could not move them. They would not even agree to a modification, of the ruling (banning the Rand vaccine), which would at least allow the 100 (cancer) patients at Richmond Heights (Ohio) to complete their injections. The Justice Department was prepared to go along, but the FDA commissioner, Dr. James Goddard, was adamant, even belligerent. It's wrong of the government to snatch away this hope when there is no evidence against its use offered in court. It's damnably wrong.”
“With stones, you can build walls to separate people or build bridges to unite them.”
“Who can be sure that Jean Valjean had not been on the verge of losing heart and giving up the struggle? In loving he recovered his strength. But the truth is that he was no less vulnerable than Cosette. He protected her and she sustained him. Thanks to him she could go forward into life, and thanks to her he could continue virtous. He was the child's support and she his mainstay. Sublime, unfathomable marvel of the balance of destiny!”
“Yep.â€ Eloquence â€™Râ€™ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabicâ€”safer that way.”
“I'm a big believer in always challenging yourself and learning new skills.”

Source : "'Getting Real' with Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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