"Two buckets were easier carried than one. / I grew up in between."

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Seamus Heaney

#Two Quotes #Buckets Quotes #Grew Quotes

“Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities have been quite resistant to this. The test is whether the political process continues.”
“Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.”

Source : W. Bruce Cameron (2011). “A Dog's Purpose: A novel for humans”, p.33, Pan Macmillan
“So few of us really think. What we do is rearrange our prejudges.”
“I wish what I do was all real. Some of it's real, some of it's an illusion and I try to blur the line between both, but unfortunately I've got to be honest with you. Taking a $1 bill and turning it into a $100 - unfortunately it's not real.”
“Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure home base, I could not have made much progress.”
“Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.”
“In after-life you may have friends--fond, dear friends; but never will you have again the inexpressible love and gentleness lavished upon you which none but a mother bestows.”
“Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.”

Source : Quoted in Lady Holland, Memoir (1855)

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