"And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid."

-- Robert Grosseteste

#August Quotes #Land Quotes #Corn Quotes

“Once you're back on your feet - if you ever make it back on your feet - that's the ultimate achievement. I remember I was in New York at the Trump Hotel and I woke up and I just knew I was over it. It was a different day. I felt different. I didn't feel lonely. I felt like I wanted to get up and be in the world. That was a great, great feeling.”
“There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable.”
“any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 14, 2015
“It's a mistake to think things are as bad everywhere, because in Japan and China there is more cash than in the States. They are full of liquid assets. The big problem is that all the world wants to copy the American system.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words.”
“Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.”

Source : Nick Carter (2013). “Facing the Music And Living To Talk About It”, p.201, Bird Street Books
“Looking for the good in everything is equally as misguided as looking for the bad in everything.”
“If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be liable to be deceived by flatterers and pretenders to patriotism.”

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