"When Daniel Boone goes by at night The phantom deer arise And all lost, wild America Is burning in their eyes."

-- Stephen Vincent Benet

#Eye Quotes #Night Quotes #America Quotes

“Political rivals attacked me. I was savagely beaten. I was kicked in the face and I lost my eye as a result.”

Source : "The veil? It protects us from ugly women" by Adar Primor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2002.
“Kuwait is the mother and father, Earth and it's supplies. She is the past, present and future.”
“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.”
“A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine.”
“When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ***** because I want to shake my ass, not 'cause "I'm dancing like a black girl!"”
“The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.”
“There was an Israeli artist who was in grad school with me. I remember trying to get to know him on a more personal level. He had moved to the Fairfax area, not realizing that it's a super Jewish part of L.A. He told me, I don't understand why American Jews feel this connection with me. I was embarrassed because I was feeling that connection with him, too!”
“Hopelessness may be the saddest word in our language. Despair is the enemy of our souls. It can paralyze us, halt our progress, and cause us to lose our way. But hope awakens us like a light shining in the darkness. We can endure all things when our hope is centered in one who will never fail us-our Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the light of the world.”

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