"I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary."

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Source : "Life of Captain Nathan Hale". Book by Isaac William Stuart, p. 94, 1856.

Nathan Hale

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“Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.”
“Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is only the occasional and therefore noticeable adventuress who refuses to make friends with us.”
“People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?”
“To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.”
“People are usually pretty hungry after a funeral. I guess it's because we all realize that time is running out and we better eat all we can. Please don't mention that to my mother.”

Source : Peter Hedges (1999). “What's Eating Gilbert Grape”, p.207, Simon and Schuster
“We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 % of its shares and a controlling interest to British Airways.”

Source : "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. July 19, 2016.
“The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region.”
“We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and follow that with additional bans and acquisitions of handguns and rifles with no sporting purpose.”

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