"All I can say about my mind is that, like a fire carefully laid by a good housemaid, it is one that any match will light ..."

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Source : Margot Asquith (1933). “More Memories”

Margot Asquith

#Fire Quotes #Light Quotes #Mind Quotes

“When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way...”
“When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.”
“The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.”
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”

Source : John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books
“I love making music but with that comes a lot of responsibility and you have to put yourself out there more. I'm learning as I go. The music has drawn me out of my shell. It's made me open my door a little more and be able to look at people in the eye. In that sense of the word, it has been helpful to me so I am happy now.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.71, Vanderbilt University Press
“Deep in every heart slumbers a dream”
“We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.”

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