"Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Years Quotes #Parent Quotes #Prison Quotes

“In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration, as is done in the other uniformed services.”

Source : "Surgeon General Koop: The Legacy of a Health Warrior" by Richard Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
“She found herself longing for home-not just for the hotel but for New York and all the real novels that she could lose herself in there.”
“â€¦misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.”
“The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.”
“Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.”
“Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English, Scots, Aquitanians, Italians, Danes, Apulians, Iberians, Bretons, Greeks and Armenians.”
“I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?”
“I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for.”

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