"It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead."

-- E. M. Forster

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“To be sure, changes in American family structure have been fairly continuous since the first European settlements, but today thesechanges seem to be occurring so rapidly that the shift is no longer a simple extension of long-term trends. We have passed a genuine watershed: this is the first time in our history that the typical school-age child has a mother who works outside the home.”

Source : Kenneth Keniston (1977). “All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure”, Harcourt on Demand
“Read to your bunny often and your bunny will read to you.”
“Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.”
“The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.”

Source : St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.92, ICS Publications
“More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.”
“People always ask me about my makeout scenes with him [Tyler Posey]. We joke around a lot and are like, â€˜Oh, that was a sloppy one!â€™ But seriously, I donâ€™t have to make an effort to have chemistry with him. Heâ€™s such a sweet guy and really loyal.”
“I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day.”
“Mature people never make difference of opinion a means of conflict.”

Source : M. Fethullah Gulen, Ali Unal (2007). “Pearls of Wisdom”, p.88, Tughra Books

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