"Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the bright flag he was waving. He raced toward the seven-foot fence; without apparent effort he rose in the air and cleared the top with a good hand-breadth to spare; then dashed up to his master that he loved, and gamboled there and licked his hand in heart-full joy. Again the victor's crown was his, and the master, a man of dogs, caressed the head of shining black with the jewel eyes of gold."

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Source : Ernest Thompson Seton (1945). “Santana: The Hero Dog of France”, Los Angeles : Phoenix Press

Ernest Thompson Seton

#Friendship Quotes #Dog Quotes #Cheer Quotes

“With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.”
“To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.”

Source : William Barrett (2011). “Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy”, p.46, Anchor
“Deep walkability describes a city that is built in such a way that you can move from one area to another on foot, on bicycle, on transit and have an experience that remains a pleasant one, that you feel you are welcome not just in the neighborhood but moving between neighborhoods.”

Source : "Alex Steffen on Carbon-Zero Cities". Interview with Theresa Riley, billmoyers.com. March 19, 2013.
“I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I?”
“No victory is irreversible, no defeat is definitive. That is what makes life worth living.”
“Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life.”
“Is it true cats wont stay in a house when it's haunted?”
“My music is also one part of my inner process, and people also seem to connect with me on that - especially the ones who have the same questions for their own lives.”

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