"The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions."

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Source : John Kendrick Bangs (1920). “The Cheery Way: A Bit of Verse for Every Day”

John Kendrick Bangs

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“The highest and best use of our time that really matters over the next decade will be working to elect clean-energy candidates, especially in swing states and swing districts around the country.”
“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.”
“Having traveled across America and to 24 counties as the first-ever UN Youth Champion, Iâ€™m inspired by the desire of young people everywhere to make the world a better place. At GimmeMoâ€™, our goal is to build a global community of enlightened young people â€” those who wish to be the change they wish to see in the world, to borrow a phrase from Gandhi â€” and to raise awareness surrounding some of the biggest challenges that Millennials face both in the U.S. and around the world.”
“Obviously, the ultimate dream is to be married for life.”

Source : "Peter Andre interview: Jordan's ex on sex, lies and six packs". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 11, 2009.
“The love of popularity holds you in a vice.”
“If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.”
“I read "The Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diz Del Castillo, which I recommend to a lot of people. He was an eyewitness of [Hernando] Cortez's conquest of Mexico. It's at once very brutal and at times very plodding. It tells what they did everyday, so days can go by and nothing happens. Then all of the sudden they are torturing and doing all these dark things.”

Source : Source: www.bostonglobe.com
“What is all this juice and all this joy?”

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