"What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are."

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Anna Brownell Jameson

“Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe each other daily - no hourly - and are nevertheless compelled to keep up the pose of an indifferent stranger, neither greeting nor addressing each other, whether out of etiquette or their own whim.”
“Well, the economic recovery was successful even though the Democrats opposed the reforms every step of the way. And it is clear the Democrats have no clear plan to strengthen our economy, as Republicans do.”
“Many of us spend our lives searching for success when it is usually so close that we can reach out and touch it.”
“God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.”
“It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.”
“That we may give our body and our blood over to suffering and pain, like Christ - not for Self, but to give harvests of peace and justice to our People.”
“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.”
“We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on.”

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