"Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling."

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Source : Izaak Walton (1653). “The Compleat Angler: Or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers”, p.246

Izaak Walton

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“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”

Source : "The Middle Years" (1893)
“Making people laugh is giving, and it's healing, too, when people can go up to the movies and forget about their problems. It's a good thing. That's why I want to work.”

Source : "Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. August 07, 2007.
“I nod like I'm not at all unnerved by this new cold side to him. Not cruel like his father. Not warm like the husband who sought me out on quiet nights. Something in between. This Linden has never woven his fingers through mine, never chosen me from a line of weary Gathered girls, never said he loved me in a myriad of coloured lights. We are nothing to each other.”
“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”

Source : E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.126, Cornell University Press
“The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.”
“What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation”

Source : Peter Weiss (1993). “Peter Weiss' The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade [a Play]”
“Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.3, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.”

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