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“I say there is no darkness but ignorance," said William Shakespeare. How would he know, he knew everything?”
“Appreciation is a great virtue, and if husbands and wives expressed it more frequently in our homes, wives would be happier, and husbands would probably be more kind" (Gospel Ideals, p. 475).”
“He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword ... unless he's a general.”
“Spare the rod and spoil the Memorial Day rotisserie.”
“Patriotism is being convinced your country is better because you were born in it.”
“A book is the only true land of the free: within its borders, anything is possible”
“I tried not to laugh. I thought about how my Southern Baptist friends would respond to the suggestion that their entire denomination was making people gay.”
“She promised him she would love him until she was physically unable to anymore and then after when all she could do was hold his photograph.”
“Lollipop had been her nickname for me as long as I could remember. I asked her how she came up with the name, and she told me sometimes kids are sweet, and sometimes they just need a good lickin'.”
“As the sun disappeared below the horizon and its glare no longer reflected off a glassy sea, I thought of how beautiful the sunsets always were in the Pacific. They were even more beautiful than ov...”
“The bold display of our unattractive parts is an effective substitute for beauty since it duplicates beauty's principal effects, namely the excitation of admiration, charm, and envy in the beholder...”
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”
“I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'”
“I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.”
“I'm cool with failing so long as I know that there are people around me that love me unconditionally.”
“My favorite was the one about 'Snow White'. Those funky little guys with the beards. The poisonous apple. And that cool mirror the evil stepmother used to talk to. You know, she'd ask it all these ...”
“I think most people think of ballerinas as kind of either as a fairytale, far-away thing that's really not attainable, something they can't grasp, or they think of them as European or Russian and k...”
“I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'”
“I think extreme sports are really good for relieving stress.”
“Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started noticing those girls as sexy smart. I always called i...”
