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1 " His family fell upon him in a crush of hugs and celebration. "
― , Hidden Figures (Book only) (Scholastic Readers)
2 " Civil service reform in the late nineteenth century reduced patronage and corruption and introduced a merit system that allowed blacks to get a foot in the door. "
3 " Katherine Johnson had given her best to her part of the grand puzzle, of that she was sure. The day was soon coming when the world would see if her best, if the brainy fellas’ best, if NASA’s best, was good enough. "
4 " Oh God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt. And after the egg, is there anything in the world lovelier than fresh, warm bread and a mug of sweet, golden tea? "
― , Angela's Ashes
5 " There are bars of Pear's soap and a thick book called Pear's Encyclopedia, which keeps me up day and night because it tells you everything about everything and that's all I want to know. "
6 " It is a misfortune, in some senses: I feed too much on the inward sources; I live too much with the dead. My mind is something like the ghost of an ancient, wandering about the world and trying mentally to construct it as it used to be, in spite of ruin and confusing changes. "
― , Middlemarch
7 " Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it’s the safe side for madness to dip on. "
8 " You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else, but you can't make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. [...] Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish (...) it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. "
9 " I think my father is like the Holy Trinity with three people in him, the one in the morning with the paper, the one at night with the stories and the prayers, and then the one who does the bad thing and comes home with the smell of whiskey and wants us to die for Ireland. "
10 " It's lovely to know the world can't interfere with the inside of your head. "
11 " I want to tell them I won't be able to die for the Faith because I'm already booked to die for Ireland. "
12 " It’s lovely to know the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head. "
13 " Stock your mind, stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it. If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas it will rot in your head. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. "
14 " Mobilați-vă mintea, mobilați-vă mintea. E casa voastră prețioasă și nimeni pe lumea asta nu se poate atinge de ea. "
15 " E greu de priceput de ce-și ies oamenii mari din pepeni chiar așa de rău din cauza unor lucruri mărunte cum sunt capacele de aerisire. Când o să fiu om mare, n-o sa stau sa pocnesc copiii mici din cauză de capace de aerisire sau mai știu eu ce. "
16 " Michael zice că-i pare rău de viermii albi, dar noi știm că lui îi pare rau de tot ce viețuiește pe lume. "