"How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic."

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Source : Song: Fashion Victim, Album: Starry Starry Night

Don McLean

#Kings Quotes #Land Quotes #Clothes Quotes

“I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”
“You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all the papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform realized.”

Source : "Great speeches of the 20th century: Emmeline Pankhurst's Freedom or death". www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2007.
“Science today is locked into paradigms. Every avenue is blocked by beliefs that are wrong, and if you try to get anything published by a journal today, you will run against a paradigm and the editors will turn it down”
“What Sri Chinmoy does is God-given! He has a tremendous, a fantastic creative urge.”
“I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Good advice is a wise man's friend, of course; but sometimes it just flies on past, and all you can do is wave.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.75, Atlantic Monthly Press
“When youâ€™re engaged in what you love to do, itâ€™s like driving in the fast lane. Time flies by and more roads open up to you, alternate routes you may not have even known existed.”
“When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.”

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