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The terrible irony of this case is that the system did what it was supposed to do. It was faced with heinous allegations and took the children away based on those allegations.


Bernard Clair

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SAINT BERNARD Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use i...
BERNARD BARUCH I have met guys who work the overnight shift at 7-11, selling Slurpees and Camels to insomniacs who ...
BERNARD GOLDBERG I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.
BERNARD WILLIAMS Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
BERNARD BARUCH Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is...
BERNARD BECKETT If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
BERNARD WILLIAMS We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.
BERNARD MELTZER We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
BERNARD WILLIAMS Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
BERNARD WILLIAMS To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
BERNARD BARUCH In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
BERNARD ARNAULT One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before ...
BERNARD BARUCH I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.
BERNARD MALAMUD You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can ...
BERNARD MELTZER If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete...
BERNARD MELTZER There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.
BERNARD MELTZER Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
BERNARD BARUCH You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you ...
SAINT BERNARD There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
BERNARD WILLIAMS I made my money by selling too soon.
BERNARD BARUCH When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
BERNARD MELTZER