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“Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.”
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“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
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And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
(Little Gidding)”
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“I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic occasion.”
― Excellent Women
― Excellent Women
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one."
— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)
"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
— Churchill's response”
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— George Bernard Shaw, playwright (to Winston Churchill)
"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one."
— Churchill's response”
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“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
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