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I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people under

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. – Nina Bawden

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People who dont read seem to me mysterious. I dont know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education. – Nina Bawden

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Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. – Nina Bawden

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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. – Agnes Smedley

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Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am a man of the people and help them but it is important to do so through strength. – Don King

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That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together. – Noel Coward

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If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard. – Ernest Shackleton

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People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. – John Wanamaker

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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. – Steve Biko

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No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulus mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry. – Maurice Gibb

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