"It was still the custom of the countryside to build with local materials produced as close to the selected site as possible, for transport was difficult, even the best of country roads being more fitted for horseback traffic rather than heavy loads."

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Source : "Dashpers". Unfinished novel by Flora Thompson. Chapter Two: "A House is Built", 1942.

Flora Thompson

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“I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay.”
“If I finance a bank and I know if the bank will get in trouble, I will be hit and I will lose money, I will put a price on that.”

Source : "What Dijsselbloem Really Said: Full 'On The Record' Transcript". Interview with Tyler Durden and Luke Baker, www.zerohedge.com. March 26, 2013.
“So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.”
“Worrying seems like a fairly natural state of being for a parent, so feel free to worry as much as you want.”
“I remember as a ranger the first time I stood alone on Inspiration Point over at Canyon Station looking out over this beautiful land. I thought to myself how lucky I was that my parents' and grandparents' generation had the vision and the determination to save it for us. Now it is our turn to make our own gift outright to those who will come after us, 15 years, 40 years, 100 years from now. I want to be as faithful to my grandchildren's generation as Old Faithful has been to ours. What better way can we add a new dimension to our third century of freedom?”
“Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.”
“You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.”
“I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.”

Source : "A Dialogue With Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.archieshepp.net. December, 10 1990.

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