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They captured in their ramble all the mysteries and magics of a March evening. Very still and mild it was, wrapped in a great, white, brooding silence -- a silence which was yet threaded through with many little silvery sounds which you could hear if you hearkened as much with your soul as your ears. The girls wandered down a long pineland aisle that seemed to lead right out into the heart of a deep-red, overflowing winter sunset. L. M. Montgomery
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I'm tired of high policy talks. I want to focus on nuts and bolts. Dave Freudenthal
John Updike quote: "Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the..."
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life. John Updike
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "I see England, I see France; I see a little girl’s Underpants!"
I see England, I see France; I see a little girl’s Underpants! Kurt Vonnegut
Mikhail Khodorkovsky quote: "I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture."
I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture. Mikhail Khodorkovsky
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year. Ann Macbeth
In addition to fines, violators of decency standards could be required to air public service announcements serving educational and informational needs of children. Charles W. Pickering
I sometimes got distracted easily and allowed my mind to wander when I needed to be focused. It's quite subtle, really, and just being aware of it helps. Payne Stewart
Casey Affleck quote: "I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's..."
I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death. Casey Affleck
Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths?' 'For fun?' 'Fun!' He pounced on the word. 'Words are for truth. For facts. Not fiction. John Fowles
We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily. Tom Daschle
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley quote: "I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself..."
I required kindness and sympathy, but I did not believe myself utterly unworthy of it. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
i am nothing special. just a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicaated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough. Nicholas Sparks
John Churton Collins quote: "A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy."
A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy. John Churton Collins
Yogi Berra quote: "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. Yogi Berra