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My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which boys got what was called the school spirit. ↗

— George Woodcock

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What I'm going to be given I gather is not the key to the city, which in many cities is the case. It's the freedom medal, and for me freedom has always been associated traditionally within the city. ↗

— George Woodcock

#associated #been #case #cities #city

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. ↗

— John Wooden

#becoming #best #capable #did #direct

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. ↗

— John Wooden

#admirers #adversity #becomes #being #easily

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer. ↗

— John Wooden

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I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand. ↗

— Gilbert White

#entertained #flies #hand #i #last

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#conversations #cuts #most #observations #own

After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me. ↗

— John Woolman

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There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life. ↗

— Mary Wortley

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In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind. ↗

— Orville Wright

#case #crushing #experiences #experiments #gliding