"A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run."

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Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.13, Courier Corporation

Mary Antin

#Running Quotes #Past Quotes #Long Quotes

“That is the stimulus of nature; it is never, never old, and always developing. Even the scarred, wrinkled earth herself is a mere infant among the old ladies and gentlemen that tread foot-paths in the sky ...”

Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”
“I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.”
“Don't get angry; get better.”

Source : Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.149, Penguin
“Just when you think you know something, it gets turned around and challenged in some way. But those changes are welcome because you end up learning more.”

Source : Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.203, Penguin
“Above all else, know this: Be prepared at all times for the gifts of God and be ready always for new ones. For God is a thousand times more ready to give than we are to receive”
“I never really got any backlash from coming out. Across the board all I really got was kids who were grateful, which is so touching and rewarding for me. So grateful that I came out, that I could serve as someone in their world that was gay and helped them feel comfortable about being gay themselves.”
“An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million”
“Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.”

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