"Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them."

-- Henry Steele Commager

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“Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.”
“If you're a gay person I'd rather not be stuck in a lift with you.”
“Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.”
“Strong, proactive obedience is anything but weak or passive. It is the means by which we declare our faith in God and qualify ourselves to receive the powers of heaven. Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge and power and Godâ€™s unlimited wisdom and omnipotence.”
“Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler.”
“One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.”
“Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering, at the age of 70 to 90”
“One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.”

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