"Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory."

-- Molly Ivins

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“Life is too short to be wondering, 'What if?'”
“One of the great unresolved psychological enigmas of the modern western world is the question of what or who has persuaded us to accept as virtually axiomatic a self-view and a world-view that demand we reject out of hand the wisdom and vision of our major philosophers and poets in order to imprison our thought and our very selves in the materialist, mechanical and dogmatic torture-chamber devised by purely quantitative and third-rate scientific minds.”

Source : Philip Sherrard (1992). “Human image, world image: the death and resurrection of sacred cosmology”, Sophia Perennis
“The old welfare system was hurting people by discouraging work and marriage. Welfare reform, and now this legislation, will build on the understanding that work and strong families are the foundation upon which we build our future.”
“Yes. The whole point about laughter is itâ€™s like mercury: you canâ€™t catch it, you canâ€™t catch what motivates itâ€”thatâ€™s why itâ€™s funny,”
“Possibilities are completely different. When you ask 'what is possible?' you must stretch your imagination out of the confines of the familiar. To live a life beyond the mediocre, ask not 'what are my options?' but 'What is possible?'”
“I think in an ideal world celebrities do have a responsibility in many different areas to be role models.”
“It is always so, every pleasure comes exactly half an hour too late - Life! Life!”

Source : Emily Eden (1860). “The Semi-detached House”, p.174
“Track your small wins to motivate big accomplishments.”

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