"It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something."

-- Charles Dickens

#Country Quotes #Easy Quotes #Walks Quotes

“Winning times in the New York City Marathon have not dropped all that much over the years, but rather U.S. runners went backward. In 1983, there were 267 U.S. men who broke 2:20 in a marathon, and by 2000 that number was down to 27.”
“I can't wait to shock the doubters and prove I'm better and stronger than I was before.”
“For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.”
“This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.”

Source : Alex Flinn (2014). “Three Beastly Kendra Chronicles: Beastly, Lindy's Diary, Bewitching”, p.43, Harper Collins
“Poetry is one of the oldest of all art forms, and one of its powers for shamans and tribal leaders was the mnemonic.”
“We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary”

Source : Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.167
“But if it comes down to next year, I'll be picketing outside of Halas Hall for a new deal, a new contract, because I'm not going anyplace.”
“When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, 'he loves learning.'”

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