"Of my two `handicaps,' being female put more obstacles in my path than being black."

-- Shirley Chisholm

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“No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before.”
“Patience! patience! You are always in a hurry, but God is not.”
“But then I have always been somewhat of a square peg in a round hole.”

Source : "How to Speak Dragonese". Book by Cressida Cowell, 2005.
“You know whatâ€™s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
“Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.”

Source : Julius Lester (2005). “The Autobiography of God: A Novel”, p.219, Macmillan
“No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . No road, no street, no t' other side the way, . . . . . . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds.”
“If I start feeling down I'll gorge myself on pasta. That usually does the trick. It's the Italian blood in me.”

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