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- Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
- The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation.
- Francine Du Plessix Gray
- Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing.
- Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
- War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist.
- M. F. K. Fisher
- Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
- Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.
- Alice Munro
- Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.
- Elizabeth David
- Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.
- David Mahoney
- We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief.
- Heidi Wills
- Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
- T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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