"When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it."

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Mark Twain

#Race Quotes #Superstitions Quotes #Conservatism Quotes

“Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.”
“The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing.”

Source : Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.163, Broadway Books
“Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.”
“Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves was a civilizing triumph.”
“If I worked at White Globe Consulting, I wouldn't be able to do my job. I would spend all day texting the other people in the office, asking them what was going on today and had they heard anything new and what did they think was going to happen. Hmm. Maybe it's a good thing I'm not in an office job.”
“When I came back I had to realize that IC was not in a very good shape - all the much money that we had because of the huge Ideal success, was gone. I was very upset.”
“Aggression, the writer's main source of energy.”
“Medical tests have shown that giving stimulates a part of the brain that gives us the same gratification as when we eat food or have sex.”

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