"Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold."

-- James Russell Lowell

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“[At first sight of the Acropolis:] It's beige! My color!”
“I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.”
“To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.”
“All people and each individual man is called to come into the Church.”
“Total teachers aren't perfect teachers.”
“President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret wiretaps of U.S. citizens. But rather than focus on this constitutional crisis, Attorney General Gonzales is cracking down on critics of his friend and boss. Our nation is strengthened, not weakened, by those whistle-blowers who are courageous enough to speak out on violations of the law.”

Source : "ACLU blasts Justice Dept. leaks probe". Anthony Romero's statement in the American Civil Liberties Union letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, www.upi.com. December 30, 2005.
“Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.”
“Lord, I do fear Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year My soul is all but out of me-let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.”

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