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Small things amuse small minds.


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A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.



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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.



What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.



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Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.



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You have to be grown up, really grown up, not merely in years, to understand your parents.



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