"Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!"

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Source : Phoebe Cary (1875). “Ballads for Little Folk”, p.175

Phoebe Cary

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“Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.”
“I had a problem with cops pulling me over all the time for speeding. When I was doing Hill Street Blues, the cops said how much they loved the show as they were writing me up; meanwhile my insurance went through the roof.”
“The essence of spirituality is the duty to live to its full the glorious destiny of being human. The purpose of religion should be to empower all people in this adventure of living with dignity and fulfillment.”

Source : Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.
“There's a large chunk of me in all the parts. As an actor, I got involved largely because I want to let things out. The best acting is that that is most real and the only way to do that, is to genuinely feel it.”
“Get to know two things about a man. How he earns his money and how he spends it. You will then have the clue to his character. You know all you need to know about his standards, his motives, his driving desires, his real religion.”
“Studs Lonigan, on the verge of fifteen, and wearing his first suit of long trousers, stood in the bathroom with a Sweet Caporal pasted on his mug.”

Source : James T. Farrell (2001). “Studs Lonigan”, p.22, Penguin
“It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.”
“Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.”

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