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Beverly Cleary quote: "I grew up before there were strict leash laws."

I grew up before there were strict leash laws.

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Those who are good with their noses must come in the front with us lions to smell out where the battle is. Look lively and sort yourselves"And with a great deal of bustle and cheering they did. The most pleased of the lot was the other lion who kept running about everywhere pretending to be very busy but really in order to say to everyone he met, "Did you hear what he said? Us Lions. That means him and me. Us Lions. That's what I like about Aslan. No side, no stand-off-ishness. Us Lions. That... C. S. Lewis
She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile. Stephen King
Reducing trade barriers with this key ally will go a long way toward increasing market access for American farmers, manufacturers and service providers. Jim Ramstad
Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials? they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think? rather than letting you figure it out on your own," said Arkin, who has been acting since the 1960s and won the supporting actor Oscar for "Little Miss Sunshine." "Ben treats the audience like adults. He doesn't shove you into endless close-ups, and the music doesn't tell you what's going to happen next, which is something I hate in American movies. Alan Arkin
William Cobbett quote: "Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station...."
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. William Cobbett
It is death that goes down to the center of the earth, the great burial church the earth is, and then to the curved ends of the universe, as light is said to do. Harold Brodkey
I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life. Shirley Manson
In the same way there is much, much in all of us, but we do not know it. No one ever calls it out in us, unless we are lucky enough to know intelligent, imaginative, sympathetic people who love us and have the magnanimity to encourage us, to believe in us, by listening, by praise, by appreciation, by laughing. If you are going to write, you must become aware of this richness in you and come to believe in it and know it is there so that you can write opulently with with self-trust. Once you... Brenda Ueland
Chris Evans quote: "If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do..."
If you want to be around in 10 years you've got to do something to differentiate yourself from the pack. Chris Evans
Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: "...such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin."
...such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu quote: "There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death."
There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death. Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The best interpreter of the law is custom."
The best interpreter of the law is custom. Marcus Tullius Cicero
I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other. Rainer Maria Rilke
Thomas Edison quote: "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas Edison
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus. Seth Godin