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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Rudyard Kipling

I have struck a city – a real city – and they call it Chicago… I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.
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Desire Myself Occupy Reality Savage See
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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End Goodness People Sea Yourself
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
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Honesty Man Myself Philosophy Service Teaching Wisdom
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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Greatness Ignorance Sin
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Dedication Serious Yourself
All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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Country Fast Fools Man Money Reputation World

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