"Touch magic. Pass it on."

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Source : Jane Yolen (2013). “Merlin's Booke: Stories of the Great Wizard”, p.9, Open Road Media

Jane Yolen

“God gives us the vision, then he takes us down to the valley to batter us into the shape of the vision, and it is in the valley that so many of us faint and give way. Every vision will be made real if we will have patience.”
“Come on, don't you ever stop and smell the coffee?”
“I have never been much of a groomer. I take baths a lot, but I don't wear deodorant. I don't have to. I have a miraculous body scent. I've had women smell me and say that should be bottled. I would advise guys to lay off the Drakkar, because the cavemen weren't wearing it. They might have been putting mint leaves on their balls, but [your scent] is grown naturally. I have really good dating advice.”
“I always feel like one of the guys and very unintimidated.”
“He was highly annoyed by the series of triumphs by the marvelous colored American runner, Jesse Owens. People whose antecedents came from the jungle were primitive, Hitler said with a shrug; their physiques were stronger than those of civilized whites and hence should be excluded from future games.”

Source : Albert Speer (1997). “Inside the Third Reich”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.”
“If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.”
“My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.”

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