"As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. "Nancy Drew," she whispered, "be with me now."

-- Colin Meloy

#Saint Quotes #Nancy Quotes #Benediction Quotes

“Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.”
“I got into politics when I was eight years old. Six years now. And I got involved because I started listening to talk radio. It goes back to one event. The Democrats filibustered something in the Senate when I was eight years old. I don't remember what it was on and I didn't honestly care when I was eight years old. I cared about the history and the Senate rules,”
“The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.”
“When I think back on it, I have a sense of relaxation, as if in the seventies no one had to try to be anyone other than who they were. I'm sure that's not really true, but that's how I remember it, and I suppose it might be relatively true.”
“I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.”
“The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.”
“We will receive not what we idly wish for but what we justly earn. Our rewards will always be in exact proportion to our service.”
“Look at life all around; everything is growing, everything is moving forward. Therefore I recommend keeping in touch with life and with art.”

Source : Agrippina Vaganova (2012). “Basic Principles of Classical Ballet”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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