"It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles."

-- John Buchanan Robinson

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“There's no point having wishes if you don't at least try to do them”

Source : Sally Nicholls (2013). “Ways To Live Forever”, p.60, Scholastic Inc.
“... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my health, my very words... In considering all these things, I preferred Christ. And the words of God were made sweet as honeycombs to me, and I cried after knowledge and lifted up my voice for wisdom. There was moreover the moderation of anger, the curbing of the tongue, the restraint of the eyes, the discipline of the belly, and the trampling under foot of the glory which clings to the earth.”
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
“We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it.”

Source : "Paul Scholes deserved more awards, says Darren Fletcher". www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2010.
“An underestimated element in poetry, that reading aloud makes clear, is the pause. I mean especially the force of a pause or a couple of pauses close together, contrasted with a longer unit of grammar.”

Source : "The Pause: An Underestimated Element in Poetry". poemsoutloud.net. April 14, 2009.
“Harlow would later write, "If monkeys have taught us anything, it's that you've got to learn how to love before you learn how to live.”
“Her lips said 'no', but her eyes said 'read my lips'.”
“[T]he Famous Rules which the French call, Des Trois Unitez , or, The Three Unities, which ought to be observ'd in every Regular Play; namely, of Time, Place, and Action.”

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