"Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends."

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Source : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.67, Library of Alexandria

Alice Morse Earle

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“Practice for us went pretty well. It started out slow, but guys did a real nice job on the M&Mâ€™s Camry today to get us to where we needed to be. Everybody back at the shop is building some great stuff and TRD (Toyota Racing Development) making some improvements for the Chase here this weekend and whatnot. Having a good time there in practice means a lot, but thereâ€™s obviously a lot of things that need to happen in the race this weekend for us and getting off to a good start and being able to carry that into the next 10 weeks.”
“Human improvement is from within outward.”

Source : James Anthony Froude (2004). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.378, The Minerva Group, Inc.
“My friend asked me recently, "Do you find it weird that you are now the property of other people's imaginations?" I hadn't thought about that before, this passionate following, with fan fiction and artwork. At first it felt like an invasion of privacy, but then I realized it's nice that the character can be shared.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Taste is so much more important than fashion.”
“Hole in One: an occurence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole in a single shot by a golfer playing alone.”
“My fans are sexy. Yes they are. They can't help themselves. It is just how they do.”
“In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The kingdom of heaven is within us, and the Lord is enshrined in the depths of our own consciousness. In this prayer we are calling deep into ourselves, appealing to the spark of the divine that is our real nature.”
“A pathfinder's job is hard enough â€” blazing trails where there are none, guided by nothing but hearsay and gut. While you're hacking your way through bracken, worrying about lurking beasts, all you can do is hope you had chosen the right direction.”

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