"... men and women are but children of a larger growth ..."

-- George Eliot

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.”
“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
“Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her thoughts were flashing before his eyes. Finally Brett managed to pull away without consent of Bekka's lips. The confusion created a sloppy bite-a-juicy-peach sound. Everyone cringed.”
“When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection. The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood, - a flourishing country should show its prosperity. "When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.”
“I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that I realise I've been writing about myself again.”
“The disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is a crime too grave to be regarded lightly.”

Source : Benjamin Harrison (1893). “Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison: Twenty -third President of the United States. March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893”
“Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity as Charles Dickens had called it, was headier than ever. Half the cityâ€™s skill and aspirations seemed to go into the propagation of motion.”
“witch-hunting misogyny is fiercely recurrent in this nation, even if its forms vary with the ages.”

Source : Patricia J. Williams (1995). “The Rooster's Egg”, p.3, Harvard University Press

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