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One of the common causes of serious difficulty takes the form of parental self-discovery. The newly adopted child brings out submerged feelings or behavior in his parents that make them dislike themselves. This can be such a severe blow to their self- esteem that they must eradicate the cause of their distress. Sometimes the only way that parents are able to do that is by returning the child.: Claudia Jewett Jarrett, Adopting the Older Child, 1978
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Accept the pain, cherish the joys, resolve the regrets; then can come the best of benedictions - 'If I had my life to live over, I'd do it all the same.': Joan McIntosh
A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.: Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)
To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.: Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
The more I know about business, the more I'm convinced that it is conducted in homes and churches far more than in office buildings.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 09-17-08
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All general statements are false.: Unknown, The Ultimate Law
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
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Trust that your child is trying to be the best he can be and that he will do this more readily without your criticism. Know that he usually sees his own faults without you continually pointing them out.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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You go to movies to see people you love suffer - that's why you go to the movies. You don't go to see a movie about a guy who already knows he has a wonderful life.: Joss Whedon, Entertainment Weekly, 08-30-13
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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When you own or take responsibility for your feelings, you place yourself in a position of power and control.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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I am just going outside and may be some time.: Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912), last words
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.: e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.: Judy Garland (1922 - 1969), to her daughter, Liza Minelli
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.: Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
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