Clement Clarke Moore famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
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T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
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Now, 'Dasher!' now, 'Dancer!' now, 'Prancer' and 'Vixen!' On, 'Comet!' on, 'Cupid!' on, 'Donner' and 'Blitzen!'
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
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The children were nestled all snug in their beds,while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
-- Clement Clarke Moore
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People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.
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Words are mighty, words are living:Serpents with their venomous stings,Or bright angels, crowding round us,With heaven's light upon their wings:Every word has its own spirit,True or false, that never dies;Every word man's lips have utteredEchoes in God's skies.
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Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
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Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet. Isn't it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
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If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil, because the rate of new discoveries is declining as demand in China and India is growing, and the price of oil and thus the price of coal will go sky high.
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The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near!
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Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.
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