"There are two ways of doing battle against Disgrace. You may live it down; or you may run away from it and hide. The first method is heart-breaking, but sure. The second cannot be relied upon because of the uncomfortable way Disgrace has of turning up at your heels."

-- Edna Ferber

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“Iâ€™m going to check the worldâ€™s best source for spawning new urban legends, the Internet. What, you thought I couldnâ€™t even type? The Web is just another threshold between one world and another.”
“What is behind you is forgotten. You can't remember danger and difficulty when it is behind you”
“There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar.”

Source : Frederic William Farrar (1877). “Seekers After God”, p.74
“Richard Curtis, the writer and director of Love Actually, is brilliant at many things, but his genius, I submit, is for thrusting characters into situations in which they feel driven to humiliate themselves. Which is why we love them, especially when it's all in the name of love. He is the Bard of Embarrassment.”
“Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.”
“Everybody drinks," she said calmly. The Only Rational One. "Your sister doesn't." When rolled her eyes. "Forgive me, but I'm not going to spend my college years sitting soberly in my dorm room, writing about gay magicians." "Objection," Cath said, reaching for a burrito.”
“When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.”
“Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.”

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