"One improvement I have learned from my childhood……" — Lincoln Steffens
"One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive 'talking to' was all I got."
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52 Quotes by Lincoln Steffens
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Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.
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I have seen the future, and it works.
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