"As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them."

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Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2014). “The Tea Rose”, p.271, Bloomsbury Publishing

Hugh Leonard

#Sin Quotes #Said Quotes

“We have to live with our loneliness and the destiny that drives each person to the order of things.”
“Institutions which have too much security ... tend to become bureaucratic. They add layers of people and layers of rules in order to assure the security of not making mistakes.”
“Are you afraid, Tessa?”
“If we're going to talk about economic fairness, or about fairness, one of the most pressing economic issues facing families, seniors, and job creators in Missouri and across America is the strain of skyrocketing gas prices.”

Source : "Obama warns on student loan interest" by Josh Boak, www.politico.com. April 21, 2012.
“I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball.”
“I typically start out almost every speech I give making some kind of joke about me being in a wheelchair.”
“The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me.”
“You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.”

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