#mended

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom. ↗

— Robert Hall

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In 1997, the National Bankruptcy Review Commission recommended that chapter 12 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the chapter that contains bankruptcy protection for family farmers, be made permanent. ↗

— Tim Holden

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The Bible, however, was not created to be amended and altered with each passing culture. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

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That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#comes #every #fault #never #tomorrow

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#child #hard #hard words #heart #jacket

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. ↗

— Quintilian

#easily #evil #habits #mended #more

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy. ↗

— William Shenstone

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Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that are worrisome. ↗

— Dick Durbin

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