"In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it."

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Source : Lawrence Welk, Bernice McGeehan (1973). “Wunnerful, Wunnerful: The Autobiography of Lawrence Welk”

Lawrence Welk

#Dancing Quotes #Evening Quotes #Way Quotes

“If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.”
“In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.”
“I think I could describe the perfect quarterback. Take a little piece of everybody. Take John Elway's arm, Dan Marino's release, maybe Troy Aikman's drop-back, Brett Favre's scrambling ability, Joe Montana's two-minute poise and, naturally, my speed.”
“Art and revolt will die only with the last man.”
“Gardening is a long road, with many detours and way stations, and here we all are at one point or another. It's not a question of superior or inferior taste, merely a question of which detour we are on at the moment. Getting there (as they say) is not important; the wandering about in the wilderness or in the olive groves or in the bayous is the whole point.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (2014). “Henry Mitchell on Gardening”, p.150, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I was afraid I was going to die and then I was afraid I wasnt.”
“Inside, we are ageless and when we talk to ourselves, itâ€™s the same age of the person we were talking to when we were little. Itâ€™s the body that is changing around that ageless center.”
“The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form.”

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