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-- Henry James "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." (Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance) Life is like a movie--since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the
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-- Nigerian Proverb Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.
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-- Anonymous A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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-- Robert Hutchins, Great Books, 1954 We can say 'Peace on Earth,' we can sing about it, preach about it or pray about it, but if we have
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