She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home. ― Victoria Connelly, Wish You Were Here

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I'm always uncomfortable describing being sacked from 'Blue Peter' as beneficial because it looks like you're glorying in it, which I don't. It's always something I'll regret. - Richard Bacon

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. — Winnie the Pooh

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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. ― Stephen Hawking

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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. — Nelson Mandela

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We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out. - John Lewis

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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. — James M. Barrie

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I'm happy if I have added something to our understanding of the universe.

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Sons want their fathers' attention until the precise moment when fathers want their sons'. ― Fredrik Backman

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