"Though the Negroes are fed, clothed, and housed, and though the Irish peasant is starved, naked, and roofless, the bare name of freemen-the lordship over his own person, the power to choose and will-are blessings beyond food, raiment, or shelter; possessing which, the want of every comfort of life is yet more tolerable than their fullest enjoyment without them."

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Source : Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, ch. 1, 1863.

Fanny Kemble

#Blessing Quotes #Names Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.”
“The successes in the entertainment business are like one percent of the iceberg that you see, and the other ninety-nine percent, which is the rejection and the failure and the work and the toil and the sacrifice, is the rest of the iceberg that's below the water.”

Source : "Star of Parenthood and Kingdom Jonathan Tucker: Giving Back". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Our children are watching us live and what we are shouts louder than anything we can say.”
“I wanted to say something about the universe. There's God, angels, plants... and horseshit.”
“Work harder than your opponent.”
“Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.”

Source : Quoted in A H Franks (ed) Pavlova: A Biography,'Pages of My Life' (1956).
“I couldn't meet his gaze. I stared at the table just behind him--the mess of cards on it, the lantern giving off its quiet glow. "When you gave me your shirt to wear that night, I could feel you. I could feel your essence." The world went still. We were standing only inches from each other, not touching. Outside, I could hear the faint murmur of the wind blowing through the trees. "What did it feel like?" he asked in a low voice. "Like...coming home," I admitted.”
“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.”

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