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“Americans are so emotionally fragile that soon we will have to be carried around in plastic bubbles and fed with an eye-dropper.”

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Florence King

Florence King was an American novelist born on January 5, 1936, and passed away on January 6, 2016. Known for her humor and satirical take on Southern life and culture, her works have left a lasting impact on American literature. more

“My father, Ronald Reagan, held the presidency in such honor and reverence that he was never in the Oval Office without a coat and tie. Bill Clinton has such disrespect for the presidency that he was often in the Oval Office without his pants. Behold the leader of 'the most ethical administration in history'.”

Father Leader Honor Office Bills Clinton Administration Ties Ethical Reverence Pants Coats Presidency Disrespect Oval Coat And Tie

Author:Michael Reagan

“Yesterday, the Senate voted to approve President Clinton's decision to send troops to Bosnia. And they voted to change the name of that mission to "Operation Forget About Whitewater".”

Names President Decision Forget Clinton Missions Yesterday Operations Senate Troops President Clinton Bosnia

Author:David Letterman

“You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.”

Trying Ends Guy Realizing White Horse Distress Keep Trying White Horse

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.”

Writing Our Lives Conscious Behalf Fluid

Author:Julia Cameron

“The capacity to see the big picture is perhaps the most important as an antidote to the variety of psychic woes brought forth by the remarkable prosperity and plentitude of our times. Many of us are crunched for time, deluged by information, and paralyzed by the weight of too many choices. The best prescription for these modern maladies may be to approach one's own life in a contextual, big picture fashion - to distinguish between what really matters and what merely annoys.”

Source: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

“Life reveals itself to us only in so far as well live it.”

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Author:Thomas Merton

“Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.”

Ifs Speak Given Grows Love Is Roots Silent Command Rooted Pardon

Author:Saint Augustine

“Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let false delights of a deceptive world deceive you.”

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Author:Clare of Assisi

“If you're going through hell...keep going! You always grow through what you go through.”

Ifs Grows Hell Keep Going

Author:Joseph Simmons

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