"Slow people are just paying close attention."

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Source : Nancy Farmer (2013). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.235, Simon and Schuster

Nancy Farmer

#People Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Because God loves us, he gives us lyrics to sing when our hearts can't form words.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“Listen close and you can hear, Please, bless us and forgive us, and make us good here and strong here. Let us get along here. Let those we love and left behind be blessed. Let us find the proper path and keep to it. Help us act harmoniously, and find work pleasing in the sight of god and man.”

Source : Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.536, Paradise Publishing
“I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.”
“The conservative candidate who ignores moderates is as misguided as the moderate candidate who ignores conservatives.”
“England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.”
“I'm not an employee who goes to the office every morning at the same time. Then, vacations are needed.”
“You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree â€” the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.”
“If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.”

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