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This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. ↗

— Ann Landers

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A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee. ↗

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ↗

— Ann Landers

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You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat. ↗

— Ann Landers

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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ↗

— Ann Landers

#accept #admiration #conclusive #dog #evidence

It's strange how extras have become such a big part of the business. I don't know what I think of it. I mean, some of them are great, most of them are filler. ↗

— John Landis

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The guy that I worked on 'Thriller ' was a genius and he was 20 years old, but it was like working with a gifted 10-year-old. The guy who I worked on with 'Black Or White' was crazy. Michael had gone mad. ↗

— John Landis

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Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious. ↗

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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