Joseph Monninger Quotes
As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.

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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Ladies and gentlemen, communism didn't fall. It was pushed.
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I write for young people because I like them and because I think they are important. Children's books can be mind-stretchers and imagination-ticklers and builders of good taste in a way that adult books cannot, because young people usually come to books with more open minds. It's exciting to be able to contribute to that in a small way.
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Breast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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'Taxicab Confessions' always cracks me up. And if you are in the mood for a good game show, I like 'Survivor' because it's well made.
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People who prepare false or fraudulent tax returns risk criminal prosecution and, upon conviction, substantial time in jail.
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People in Afghanistan want peace, including the Taliban. They're also people like we all are. They have families, they have relatives, they have children, they are suffering a tough time.
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One of India's biggest advantages is our young demographic and that we have a youthful population that is indeed our future.
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The being was trying to get him to think about what he was saying, not just recite.
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No visitors shall yonder valley find. Except the spirits of the rain and wind: Here you must bide, my friends, with me entombed In this dim crypt, where shelved around us lie The mummied authors.
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Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.
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I really see Compton as a place with a lot of opportunity. It has a rich history, a strong community that has a strong sense of pride.
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I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.
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Most style is not honest enough.
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All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase- 'I love you.' (From: The Offshore Pirate)
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As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.