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Why Brownlee left, and where he went, Is a mystery even now. For if a man should have been content. It was him; two acres of barley, One of potatoes, four bullocks, A milker, a slated farmhouse. He was last seen going out to plough. On a March morning, bright and early. By noon Brownlee was famous; They had found all abandoned, with. The last rig unbroken, his pair of black. Horses, like man and wife, Shifting their weight from foot to. Foot, and gazing into the future. Paul Muldoon
Anne Lamott quote: "Dreadlocks make people wonder if you’re trying to be rebellious."
Dreadlocks make people wonder if you’re trying to be rebellious. Anne Lamott
Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. J. K. Rowling
Ram Dass quote: "Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying."
Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying. Ram Dass
It's funny about me,' Sophia said. 'I always feel like such a nice girl whenever there's a storm.' "'You do?' Grandmother said. 'Well, maybe ...' Nice, she thought. No. I'm certainly not nice. The best you could say of me is that I'm interested. [pp. 150-151] Tove Jansson
Mark Twain quote: "congress - that great, benevolent asylum for the helpless"
congress - that great, benevolent asylum for the helpless Mark Twain
Don Van Vliet quote: "I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes."
I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes. Don Van Vliet
It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. Abbey Lincoln
John C. Calhoun quote: "Beware the wrath of a patient adversary."
Beware the wrath of a patient adversary. John C. Calhoun
We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep. Richard Branson
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing. Quincy Jones
If Under fell, if Over leaped, If death was life and Death life reaped, Something rises from the gloom, To make the Underland a tomb Hear it scratching down below, Rat of long forgotten snow, Evil cloaked in coat of White, Will the Warrior drain your light? What could turn the Warrior week? What do burning Gnawers seek? Just a barely speaking pup That holds the Land of Under up Die the baby, die his heart Die his most essential part Die the peace that rules the hour, Gnawers have their... Suzanne Collins
I was growlin' one day 'cause I was so bent up and crooked; an'what do ye s'pose the little thing said? ... She said I could be glad, anyhow, that I didn't have ter stoop so far ter do my weedin' - 'cause I was already bent part way over. Eleanor Porter
Voltaire quote: "The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the..."
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. Voltaire
If you're going to figure something out, study ethics. You can ask What's the answer? What's Right and Wrong? What I learned is that nobody knows the answer and there is no Right and Wrong. So I'm incapable of becoming a fundamentalist because there are no absolutes, there's always a what if. Duff Goldman