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“On this National Agriculture Day, when we all should be taking time to thank and pay tribute to America's farmers, ranchers and their families who produce the food for our tables, we are finding those same people in dire need of our help and support.”
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“If everybody's behavior can be explained by simple stupidity and greed, there's no point in assuming a conspiracy.”
Source : P. J. Plauger (1994). “Programming on purpose III: essays on software technology”, Prentice Hall
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“The establishment of religious freedom was no less momentous an achievement than the clearing of the great forest or the winning of independence, for the twin doctrines of separation of church and state and liberty of individual conscience are the marrow of our democracy, if not indeed America's most magnificent contribution to the freeing of Western man.”
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“Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf.”
Source : Jon Katz (2003). “The New Work of Dogs: Tending to Life, Love, and Family”, p.14, Villard
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“First we eat, then we do everything else.”
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“The crumbling castle, looming among the mists, exhaled the season, and every cold stone breathed it out. The tortured trees by the dark lake burned and dripped, their leaves snatched by the wind were whirled in wild circles through the towers. The clouds mouldered as they lay coiled, or shifted themselves uneasily upon the stone skyfield, sending up wreathes that drifted through the turrets and swarmed up hidden walls.”
Source : Mervyn Peake (2007). “Titus Groan”, p.161, The Overlook Press
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“Most people call my style of dress slovenly, I call it extreme casual. If I didn't have a mother and a sister for the times I do have to get dressed, I would be absolutely lost.”
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“Childhood’s work is learning, and it is in his play...that the child works at his job.”