"In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work."

-- William Christopher Handy

#Jobs Quotes #Men Quotes #Long Quotes

“I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.”
“Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn't everything.”

Source : Louis Kronenberger (1964). “The cart and the horse”
“Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.”
“Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.”
“A woman's rank Lies in the fulness of her womanhood: Therein alone she is royal.”
“I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears.”

Source : "Pure Pete Seeger". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. May 20, 1994.
“More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse.”
“Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.”

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