I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a…

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My favorite animal is steak.

My favorite animal is steak.

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat...

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat...

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him...

If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him...

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the...

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the...

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you...

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is...

Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is...

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because...

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because...

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about...

Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your...

Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my...

Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have...

Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have...

Some people use language to express thought, some to conceal thought, and others instead of...

Some people use language to express thought, some to conceal thought, and others instead of...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...