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Small: Safe, for a child, is his fathers hand, holding him tight
Marion C. Garretty
"Safe, for a child, is his father's hand, holding him tight"
Marion C. Garretty, Poet
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Small: Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
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Small: Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness
George Santayana
"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness"
George Santayana, Philosopher
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Small: The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share
Roy L. Smith
"The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share"
Roy L. Smith, Clergyman
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Small: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
Martin Luther King Jr.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
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Small: Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude
Ralph Marston
"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude"
Ralph Marston, Writer
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Small: Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before
Margaret Lee Runbeck
"Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before"
Margaret Lee Runbeck, Author
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Small: Anyone who hates children and animals cant be all bad
"Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad"
W. C. Fields, Comedian
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Small: Your children need your presence more than your presents
Jesse Jackson
"Your children need your presence more than your presents"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
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Small: Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos
Will Durant
"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos"
Will Durant, Historian
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Small: Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense
Julian Casablancas
"Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense"
Julian Casablancas, Musician
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Small: Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who sa
Barbara Coloroso
"Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do"
Barbara Coloroso, Author
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Small: To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a fe
Earl Warren
"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"
Earl Warren, Judge
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Small: A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children arent robbed of their luster in keeping it that way
"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way"
Marcelene Cox, Writer
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Small: Winners dont make excuses
Harvey Specter
"Winners don't make excuses"
Harvey Specter, Actor
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Small: Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre
"Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre"
Gail Godwin, Novelist
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Small: One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before t
"One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has"
Christopher Hitchens, Author
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Small: Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when theres no need for secrecy
"Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy"
Donna Tartt, Novelist
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Small: Its unbelievable how much you dont know about the game youve been playing all your life
"It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life"
Mickey Mantle, Athlete
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Small: Youre never a loser until you quit trying
Mike Ditka
"You're never a loser until you quit trying"
Mike Ditka, Coach
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Small: Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame Each to his passion whats in a name?
"Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"
Helen Hunt Jackson, Writer
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Small: Unless we have a well-educated people, were vulnerable on our national security
"Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security"
Mark Hatfield, Politician
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Small: Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of
"Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes"
Todd Tiahrt, Politician
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Small: Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war
"Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war"
Philip Roth, Novelist
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Small: He loves nature in spite of what it did to him
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him"
Forrest Tucker, Actor
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Small: Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
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Small: Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed
Benjamin Franklin
"Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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Small: Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days
Benjamin Franklin
"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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Small: Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: The only certain freedoms in departure
Robert Frost
"The only certain freedom's in departure"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15
Ronald Reagan
"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15"
Ronald Reagan, President
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Small: In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous
Robert G. Ingersoll
"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
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Small: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas Ill never know
Groucho Marx
"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know"
Groucho Marx, Comedian
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Small: I have always been a fan of Coca-Cola. I think it has the best taste of any soft drink
Warren Buffett
"I have always been a fan of Coca-Cola. I think it has the best taste of any soft drink"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
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Small: I dont look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over
Warren Buffett
"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over"
Warren Buffett, Businessman
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Small: Immortality - a fate worse than death
"Immortality - a fate worse than death"
Edgar A. Shoaff
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Small: You probably wouldnt worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do
Olin Miller
"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do"
Olin Miller, Writer
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Small: If you dont have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building,
Alfred A. Montapert
"If you don't have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon"
Alfred A. Montapert, Philosopher
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Small: Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the
Gertrude Stein
"Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are"
Gertrude Stein, Author
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Small: Its not your salary that makes you rich, its your spending habits
"It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits"
Charles A. Jaffe, Businessman
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