"Those who don't remember the past are condemned to repeat the eleventh grade."

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Source : "Wicked: Number 5 in series". Book by Sara Shepard, 2011.

James W. Loewen

#Past Quotes #Remember Quotes #Grades Quotes

“I've been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more "colorful".”
“If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit.”
“For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.”
“And still, laughter is akin to weeping.”
“The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.”
“I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination.”
“There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.”

Source : Sir Edward Coke, Steve Sheppard (2003). “The selected writings and speeches of Sir Edward Coke”, Liberty Fund Inc.
“I don't know what's going on with Mum and Dad, but it's weird. Mum keeps asking Dad to do things and he keeps doing them Unfotunately, she hasn't said 'Hand over your money and make your way to Europe!”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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