People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing.
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But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.Lynn Johnston
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When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.
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After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.
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That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of men, and she married a very meek, kind, dear man. And she had the upper hand. She ruled the roost.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
I see if I can make human beings look like reptiles.
Ralph Steadman
The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.
Bertrand Russell