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“By remaining constrained in one's environment or country or family, one has little chance of being other than the original prescription. By leaving, one gains a perspective, a distance of both space and time, which is essential for writing about family or home, in any case.”

Writing Littles Country Home Chance Space Cases Environment Perspective Essentials Gains Originals Distance Leaving Time And Space Prescriptions About Family

Book:I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

Source: I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters

“I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.”

Should Looks Littles America Known Figures Bird Red Accounts Originals British Silly Vain Native Comparison Farms Yards Coats Turkeys Eagles Respectable Bald Eagle

Author:Benjamin Franklin

“And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.”

Littles Country Artist Bits Cases Little Bit Originals Curiosity Seeking

Author:Elvis Costello

“The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you knew it, the whole gospel got twisted around it. Instead of being God’s big message of saving love for the whole world, the gospel became a little bit of secret information on how to solve the pesky legal problem of original sin.”

Source: The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity

“Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less, but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining... I would require him to stop the protest crying, usually by offering him a little more of whatever caused the original tears.”

May Children Littles Two Real Lasts Five Minutes Cry Tears Originals Complaining Protest Offering

Book:Dare to Discipline

Source: Dare to Discipline

“I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.”

Ifs Thinking Littles Realizing Hours Simple Originals Fixed Routine Salary Simple Life

Book:Boy: Tales of Childhood

Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood