"Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of the dirt."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Might Quotes #Today Quotes #Dirt Quotes

“Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty”
“My evolution into becoming a photojournalist started with falling in love with literature when I was a teenager, falling in love with novels and imagining a life of being a storyteller.”
“Masturbation is our first and natural form of sexual activity and if that's inhibited or damaged, then we suffer for the rest of our lives.”
“American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.”
“Apple and Google will compete like crazy for our data because once they have it we'll be their customers forever.”
“Breathe slumbrous music round me, sweet and slow,To honied phrases set!Into the land of dreams I long to go.Bid me forget!”

Source : Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1900). “Fancy's Following”
“In Baltimore, kids grow up very quickly. You're placed in a lot of situations that a child shouldn't be in and a lot of Baltimore kids lose innocence very soon.”
“Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.”

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