"Most folks call them green onions, but they're really scallions."

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Source : Song: Christmas Dragnet

Stan Freberg

#Green Quotes #Onions Quotes #Folks Quotes

“One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.”

Source : Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.116, Simon and Schuster
“Magic, then, is not a method, but a language; it is part and parcel of that greater phenomenon, ritual, which is the language of religion. Ritual is a symbolic transformation of experiences that no other medium can adequately express.”
“School is a building that has four walls-with tomorrow inside. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. There are many ways of going forward, but there is only one way of standing still. A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills. Doing your best is more important than being the best. Giant oak trees started out as little nuts. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”
“It is through drawing that masters are first revealed, through drawing that they live and prove their value, whatever variations they may impose on their talent.”
“In 1996, the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire published a column, 'Blizzard of lies,' in which he laid out a series of falsehoods by Hillary Rodham Clinton and declared 'Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady -Â€Â” a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation -Â€Â” is a congenital liar.'”
“The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.”
“Somewhere, all the people we have loved and lost are still among us, in the house that we call history.”
“It's a whydunnit in q-sharp major and it has a message: never talk to the sort of girls that you wouldn't leave lying about in your drawing-room for the servants to pick up.”

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