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Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consol

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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The fifties — they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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teacher
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I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say its like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way. – Joyce Meyer

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Producing is just a big learning experience. – Ashley Tisdale

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