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The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion. ↗

— John Ruskin

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It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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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

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Marie Stopes had established the first birth control clinic in Britain; the whole question of informing women, especially those who were poor, about methods of contraception, began to be discussed. ↗

— Dora Russell

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I think about everything first. I think about the scenario: the story and the characters, what I'm trying to say and I'll think about that for a couple of days until it's all locked in and then when I get to an instrument it'll just fall out. But the song's kind of all ready there in my head. ↗

— Graham Russell

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I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible. ↗

— Graham Russell

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I get and read an enormous number of first novels. ↗

— Richard Russo

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When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get. ↗

— Kurt Russell

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I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco. ↗