"[On being deaf:] We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made of our lot. The worst is, either to sink under the trial, or to be made callous by it. The best is, to be as wise as is possible under a great disability, and as happy as is possible under a great privation."

-- Harriet Martineau

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“Donald Trump is so universally despised, because he so often says the wrong thing and has absolutely no moral code outside of just wanting to be powerful and influential.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.”
“As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We're not so precious about it.”
“I read a lot of G.K. Chesterton. It was a fairly conventional intellectual path to the Catholic church, I would say.”
“Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter.”
“Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.”

Source : Richard Savage, Thomas Park (1807). “The Poetical Works of Richard Savage: Collated with the Best Editions:”, p.129
“I'm at a point where I don't have to wait for the income from the record to survive, so I'm in a comfortable zone, but I'll make rap records as long as I feel I have something to rap about.”
“I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.”

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