Famous quotes containing the words conversion, attempt and/or missed:
“The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The Settlement ... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city. It insists that these problems are not confined to any one portion of the city. It is an attempt to relieve, at the same time, the overaccumulation at one end of society and the destitution at the other ...”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)
“I haven’t missed you. In fact, I’ve been revoltingly unfaithful to you.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
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