"On the king's gate the moss grew gray;The king came not. They called him deadAnd made his eldest son one daySlave in his father's stead."

-- Helen Hunt Jackson

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“The United States has, overall, the most effective system of higher education the world has ever known.”

Source : Clark Kerr, Marian L. Gade, Maureen Kawaoka (1994). “Troubled Times for American Higher Education: The 1990s and Beyond”, p.182, SUNY Press
“So I - the thought that I would physically be different was - it's not a thrill, I have to tell you. It's kind of - it brings you up short. But I was able to look at it right away.”
“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.”
“You have the massive world that was created by Marvel, and then you have these very intimate actors around you. There was as much character work on this as there would be on a little independent film. So, I felt very fortunate in that sense.”
“I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.193, Applewood Books
“And this President wakes up every morning, looks out across America and is proud to announce, 'It could be worse.' It could be worse? Is that what it means to be an American? It could be worse? Of course not. What defines us as Americans is our unwavering conviction that we know it must be better.”
“I’m a Jersey girl, no one can knock me down”
“Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.”

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