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Charles R. Jackson
Charles R. Jackson quotes
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“The mighty edifice of Government science dominated the scene in the middle of the 20th century as a Gothic cathedral dominated a 13th century landscape. The work of many hands over many years, it universally inspired admiration, wonder and fear.”
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“The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women's emancipation.”
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“My workday begins around 11 A.M., with a cup of black coffee in each hand. If I had more hands, there would be more coffee.”
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“She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.”
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“Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.”
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“I'm not biting my fingernails. I'm biting my knuckles. I finished the fingernails months ago.”
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“There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.”
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“Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a few demagogues encouraging hatred to set your kind upon one another. And then before you know it, you have a whole nation biting on its own tail, going round and round until there is nothing left but the snapping of teeth.”
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“Me and my partners had been stealing cars for a while.”
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“I do not steal victory.”
