"No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home."

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Source : L. Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz”, Lulu.com

L. Frank Baum

#Beautiful Quotes #Country Quotes #Home Quotes

“President Bush announced tonight that he believes in democracy and that democracy can exist in Iraq. They can have a strong economy, they can have a good health care plan, and they can have a free and fair voting. Iraq? We can't even get this in Florida.”
“Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift.”
“Skills are common. Talent is rare.”

Source : Colin Clark (2011). “My Week with Marilyn”, p.157, Weinstein Books
“Iâ€™m letting God write my love story because once upon a time, I took control of it and it didnâ€™t work well.”
“If you do not run your subconscious mind yourself, someone else will run it for you.”

Source : Florence Scovel Shinn (2015). “The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It: The Classic Text with Commentary, Study Questions, Action Items, and Much Mor”, p.32, Hampton Roads Publishing
“To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our hearts. It is not the ceremonies or rituals that make a difference, but whether our hearts are sufficiently pure or not.”
“Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears, like the word gnomon in the Euclid and the word simony in the Catechism. But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear, and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work.”
“I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.”

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