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Letter "S" » scrubbing
«Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.»
Author: Alan Alda
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«I guess I like them a bit rough around the edges - like you need to take them home and give them a good scrub (on men).»
«Always fornicate / Between clean sheets and spit on a well-scrubbed floor.»
Author: Christopher Fry
(Writer)
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«My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.»
Author: Bette Midler
(Actress, Singer)
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Men and Women
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«Thus, it comes to pass, that a certain room in a certain old hall, where a certain bad lord, baronet, knight, or gentleman, shot himself, has certain planks in the floor from which the blood will not be taken out. You may scrape and scrape, as the present owner has done, or plane and plane, as his father did, or scrub and scrub, as his grandfather did, or burn and burn with strong acids, as his great-grandfather did, but, there the blood will still be - no redder and no paler - no more and no less - always just the same.»
«I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.»
«Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.»
Author: Richard M. Nixon
(President)
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«I have observed, that in comedy, the best actor plays the part of the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the hero, or fine gentleman. So, in this farce of life, wise men pass their time in mirth, whilst fools only are serious.»
«Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not sweep the floor of your homes? Do you not scrub and wash off dirt? When you undertake such tasks, the villagers will also gladly share in them. Why feel ashamed to be good? The ridicule that may be cast on you has been the reward of many saints. It will soon fade away. Muhammad was driven out of Mecca by those who could not appreciate his teachings. Jesus was crucified. But their names resound in the heart of millions.»
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