"John say's it's James who started first, James tells the story in reverse. I drag my belt from off me waist, you should have heard dem screaming round de place."

-- Harry Belafonte

#Family Quotes #Stories Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I'm in a unique position - I can do what I want.”
“I know that I'm here - I believe that I'm here for a purpose. I believe in forces of fate.”
“Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.”
“I wouldn't touch a hot dog unless you put a condom on it! You realize that the job of a hot dog is to use parts of the animal that the Chinese can't figure out how to make into a belt? -timecode 1:11:10”
“In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.”
“Mr. Mum's Rudesheimer And the church of St. Geryon Are the two things alone That deserve to be known In the body-and-soul-stinking town of Cologne.”
“Never cut loose from your longings.”
“We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.”

Source : "Queen's Christmas message - full text", www.theguardian.com. December 25, 2013.

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