"If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else."

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Source : Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

Mignon McLaughlin

“No woman should ever lift more than 3lbs”
“Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.”
“Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure.”
“...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.”
“One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.”
“A nation that hates politics will not long survive as a democracy.”
“The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it wereâ€”the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.”
“Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair.”

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