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“I have failed in finding parasites in mosquitoes fed on malaria patients, but perhaps I am not using the proper kind of mosquito.”
Ronald Ross
“Properly practiced creativity can make one ad do the work of ten.”
William Bernbach
“Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.”
John Ruskin
“No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.”
Charles de Gaulle
“The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.”
Jerome Hines
“What's proper, is becoming: See the Blacksmith with his white Silk Apron!”
Benjamin Franklin
“I asked him why he gave me a girl's name, ... He told me it was the proper way to spell it. But no one's ever joked to me about it.”
John Madden
“Congress must assert its proper role and seek the truth. A government that fails to honor its own laws is a government that fails its people. With the proper oversight and action, Congress can help restore the constitutional system of checks and balances.”
Caroline Fredrickson
“We are dealing with human beings, and human beings always need something more than technically proper care. They need humanity. They need heartfelt concern.”
Cardinal Lozano