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Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go!" "Oh yeah," said Ron, who had obviously forgotten. "Hey -- hey you lot! Midgets! J. K. Rowling
Dan Brown quote: "Don't show it and don't panic. Do like the ducks; on the..."
Don't show it and don't panic. Do like the ducks; on the surface stay calm, and below it paddle lile hell Dan Brown
Much as we wish, not one of us can bring back yesterday or shape tomorrow. Only today is ours, and it will not be ours for long, and once it is gone it will never in all time be ours again. Thou only knowest what it holds in store for us, yet even we know something of what it will hold. The chance to speak the truth, to show mercy, to ease another’s burden. The chance to resist evil, to remember all the good times and good people of our past, to be brave, to be strong, to be glad. Frederick Buechner
A group of ancient Roman women were, with vanity, showing their jewels one to another. Among them was Cornelia, the mother of two boys. One of the women said to her, "And where are your jewels?" to which Cornelia responded, pointing to her sons, "These are my jewels." Under her tutelage, and walking after the virtues of her life, they grew to become...two of the most persuasive and effective reformers in Roman history. For as long as they are remembered and spoken of...their mother will be... Gordon B. Hinckley
What a revelation it was, to discover so many ordinary people in a place together, more conscious of God than of one another: not there to show off their hats or their clothes, but to pray, or at least to fulfill a religious obligation, not a human one. For even those who might have been there for no better motive than that they were obliged to be, were at least free from any of the self-conscious and human constraint which is never absent from a Protestant church where people are definitely... Thomas Merton
Anne McCaffrey quote: "Fire-lizard dance on wing. To the raucous song I sing...."
Fire-lizard dance on wing. To the raucous song I sing. Fire-lizrad wheel and turn, Show me how the dragons learn. Anne McCaffrey
Jane Austen quote: "You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to..."
You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. Jane Austen
I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I. Suzanne Collins
She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions." Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human. Nicholas Sparks
Van Morrison quote: "I just wanna get on with the show."
I just wanna get on with the show. Van Morrison
As I said, either friends or the country, some . . . either some very dear person or some very dear place seems necessary to relieve life's daily grey, and to show that it is grey. If possible, one should have both. E. M. Forster
A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity,... Maya Angelou
People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs. Carl Sagan
If you ask me, when something extraordinary shows up in your life in the middle of the night, you give it a name and make it the best home you can. Barbara Kingsolver
The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on a vacation. Some people spend all their time on a vacation taking pictures so that when they get home they can show their friends evidence that they had a good time. They don't pause to let the vacation enter inside of them and take that home. E. L. Konigsburg

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