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Ernest Gaines quote: "You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken."

You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.

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I'd like to see North America become a dry, sunny, sandy region inhabited mainly by lizards, buzzards and a modest human population - about 25 million would be plenty - of pastoralists and prospectors (prospecting for truth), gathering once a year in the ruins of ancient, mysterious cities for great ceremonies of music, art, dance, poetry, joy, faith and renewal. That's my dream of the American future. Like most such dreams, it will probably come true. That is why I'm still an optimist. Edward Abbey
Jose Bergaman quote: "Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way."
Even if you're not going anywhere, don't get in the way. Jose Bergaman
Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button, or do a lot of these things with out knowing what's behind it, and what it really means. Lester Bangs
Sir Beldevere: What makes you think she's a witch? Peasant 3: Well, she turned me into a newt! Sir Beldevere: A newt? Peasant 3: [meekly after a long pause] ... I got better. Crowd: [shouts] Burn her anyway! Graham Chapman
William Dean Howells quote: "You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a..."
You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up. William Dean Howells
The moon was through to the sunset side of the gap, but its light was hardly noticeable on the earth for the ruddy brilliance of the firelight. William Golding
Courtney Love quote: "You gotta be able to change worlds."
You gotta be able to change worlds. Courtney Love
Sachin Tendulkar quote: "The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation..."
The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us. Sachin Tendulkar
The goal of the Head Start program is to give at-risk children all across our Nation a fair chance at succeeding in the educational system. Joe Baca
Danny Glover quote: "I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me."
I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me. Danny Glover
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "I would sooner a writer were vulgar than mincing; for life is..."
I would sooner a writer were vulgar than mincing; for life is vulgar, and it is life he seeks. W. Somerset Maugham
You can tell people the truth, but they'll never believe you until the event. In the meantime, the truth will just piss them off and get you in a lot of trouble. Chuck Palahniuk
I have come," said a deep voice behind them. They turned and saw the Lion himself, so bright and real and strong that everything else began at once to look pale and shadowy compared with him. C. S. Lewis
The worl is ful of things waiting to happen. Thats the meat and boan of it right there. You myt think you can jus go here and there doing nothing. Happening nothing. You cant tho you bleeding cant. You put your self on any road and some thing wil show its self to you. Wanting to happen. Waiting to happen. You myt say, 'I dont want to know.' But 1ce its showt its self to you you wil know wont you. You cant not know no mor. There it is and working in you. You myt try to put a farness be twean... Russell Hoban
Faith is not a blind thing; for faith begins with knowledge. It is not a speculative thing; for faith believes facts of which it is sure. It is not an unpractical, dreamy thing; for faith trusts, and stakes its destiny upon the truth of revelation. Charles Spurgeon