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It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them.

L.M. Montgomery
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Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.

Charles Fort
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That may be. But to decide that I was never going to live as a proper woman was not your choice to make.' 'What do you mean a proper woman?' 'A proper woman marries - she has children -' 'Then what does that make me? Am I not a proper woman? Last time I looked I certainly was.

Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist
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Courage is nothing to laugh at, not if it is proper courage and exercised by men who know what they do is proper. Proper courage is wise courage. It's acting wisely, acting wisely when fear would have a man act otherwise. It is the endurance of the soul in spite of fear - wisely.

Tim O'Brien, If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
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Properly buried.""Properly kept.""That is the way with witches.""And with all things.

Victoria Schwab, The Near Witch
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Art is the proper task of life.

Friedrich Nietzsche
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Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style.

Jonathan Swift
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We are about to be eaten by a dragon, you’re crawling on bleeding hands through bat droppings, and you’re worried about being proper?

Bethany Wiggins, The Dragon's Price
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It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

Kitty Carlisle
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Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

B. F. Skinner
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