"Match me such marvel, save in Eastern clime, A rose-red city'half as old asTime'!"

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Source : John William Burgon (1846). “Petra, a Poem: To which a Few Short Poems are Now Added”, p.24

John Burgon

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“A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.”

Source : "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.
“People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.”
“Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character.”
“I'm so grateful to be living doing what I love. Whether it's acting in Films or TV shows or writing and directing my own projects.”
“The person who will give you unexplained happiness, will also be the reason for your unexplained sadness.”
“Happy is the person who not only sings, but feels God's eye is on the sparrow, and knows He watches over me. To be simply ensconced in God is true joy.”
“Piracy has destroyed the domestic market.”
“We can never catch up with life ... we shall always be eating the soft part of our melting ice and meanwhile the nice hard part is rapidly melting too.”

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