"I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year."

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Source : Ray Stannard Baker (1910). “Adventures in Friendship”

Ray Stannard Baker

#Healing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“I'll pour a cup to you my darling, raise it up, say Cheerio.”
“Even nothing cannot last forever.”
“I don't mind being miserable as long as I'm painting well.”
“When I was with Ellen, I was telling people, If you come out, it's gonna be better for you. But I honestly don't know that.”
“0 beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!”

Source : 'America the Beautiful' (1893)
“Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band. Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man. Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.”
“After a point of time, when you get success and fame, money and everything, the purpose of life has to be redefined. For me, I think that purpose is to build bridges. Artists can do that very easily, more than politicians.”
“A lot of environmental and biological science depends on technology to progress. Partly I'm talking about massive server farms that help people crunch genetic data - or atmospheric data. But I also mean the scientific collaborations that the Internet makes possible, where scientists in India and Africa can work with people in Europe and the Americas to come up with solutions to what are, after all, global problems.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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