George Moses Horton famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Oh! that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty!
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I leave my parents here behind And all my friends to love resigned 'Tis grief to go, but death to stay Farewell -- I'm gone with love away.
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My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.
-- George Moses Horton
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If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch.
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My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known - not the famous, not saints, but friends and relations who have lived, and faced death, in the light of the Resurrection story, or in the quiet acceptance that they have a future after they die.
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There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.
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Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
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With its leaves so rich and heavy with elation and its crimson face made brighter with visions of divinity the shadow of a certain rose looks just like an angel eating light.
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When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.
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Life is just a chance to grow a soul.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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I sold my soul to the devil in L.A
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I just bared my soul to you and all I get is an ‘okay’?
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