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There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. – James Baldwin

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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land. – James Baldwin

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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

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respect
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But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power. – James Baldwin

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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. – English Proverb

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Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it. – Louisa May Alcott

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A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained. – Lyman Abbott

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Tarry a moment to watch the chaos of a playground, crayola-colored shirts of running children, all trying out their wings. – Dr.SunWolf, 2012 tweet, professorsunwolf.com

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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius – the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. – Isaac DIsraeli

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I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie Meet Me in St. Louis, office parties and cookies. – Mo Rocca

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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For NASA, space is still a high priority. – Dan Quayle

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