"When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: ...To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace among brothers, To make music in the heart."

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Source : Howard Thurman (2006). “Howard Thurman: Essential Writings”

Howard Thurman

#Song Quotes #Brother Quotes #Kings Quotes

“Fresh water is like a fossil fuel; we should not waste it.”
“Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.”

Source : E. F. Benson (2015). “The Collected Works of E. F. Benson (Illustrated): Dodo Trilogy, Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp, David Blaize, The Room in The Tower, Paying Guests, The Relentless City, The Angel of Pain, The Rubicon and more”, p.136, e-artnow
“I cannot conceive any work of art as having a separate existence from life itself”
“When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.”
“I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life!”

Source : "Scary Movie 4 - Anna Faris interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance. I had high hopes of being Evil when I was two, but in my youth I came upon a firefly burning in a spider's web. I saved the victim's life." "The firefly's ?" said the minstrel. "The spider's. The blinking arsonist had set the web on fire.”
“From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.”
“Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”

Source : "The Secret History of Wonder Woman". Book by Jill Lepore, 2014.

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