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“motives for greed and selfishness are often attributed to toil and source of riches.”

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“Don't Be selfish To Friend or Family One you are mad at your friend walk away and Don't be Selfish Don'r be Selfish one you are mad at your family and one you are in trouble don't Be Selfish”

Don T Be Selfish

Author:Maureen Andeson

“Mirabelle always ate her lunch on Brighton beach if the weather was in any way passable, but out of sheer principle she never paid tuppence for a chair. We did not win the war to have to pay to sit down, she frequently found herself thinking.”

War Spirit Money Lunch Principle Mirabelle Tuppence

Book:Brighton Belle

Source: Brighton Belle

“Mirabelle? Mirabelle Bevan? Well, I’ll be blowed!” Mirabelle started, almost spilling her drink. It took her a moment to realize who the handsome man was, now his hair was greying at the edges and he was out of uniform. Puffing laconically on a cigarette, martini in hand, he wore a lounge suit and an understated silk tie with a discreet regimental insignia woven into the fabric. “Eddie,” she smiled. “What are you doing here?”

Handsome Reunion Gin Martini Meeting Suit Tie Mirabelle Lounge

Author:Sara Sheridan

“So you had to piss me off badly enough activate some primal instinct?” I clenched my jaw, grinding my teeth. “I think all you managed to ‘draw out’ was fuming rage. I could rip your head off right now.” “Save that for later,” he waved his hand dismissively. “You have work to do right now.”

Fuming Paranormal Romace

Book:Relativity

Source: Relativity

“Listen kid, it’s just you and me now, so let’s help each other out. Always be honest with me, and show me how to be the mother and father I never had. I’ll make a mess of things sometimes, and I’m sorry in advance, but I’ll try. My word is bond.”

Mother Motherhood Mothers And Daughters Single Parenthood Young Mothers

Book:Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and everything we think is the ultimate, the best.”

History Presentism

Author:David McCullough

“So this is hell. I'd never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the "burning marl." Old wives' tales! There's no need for red-hot pokers. HELL IS-OTHER PEOPLE!”

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Book:No Exit

Source: No Exit

“The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.”

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Book:The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism

Source: The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism

“Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.”

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Book:Courageous

Source: Courageous

“Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.”

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Book:John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life

Source: John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life