"In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxtonâ€™s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom!"

-- Tom Paxton

#Song Quotes #School Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm almost a full-time mom.”

Source : "Then & Now: Ekaterina Gordeeva", www.cnn.com. June 22, 2005.
“I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.”
“Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.”
“We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.”
“"Would you, do you, my dear?" rejoined the Captain ... "I don't know. It's difficult navigation. She's very hard to carry on with, my dear. You never can tell how she'll head, you see. She's full one minute, and round upon you next."”
“Reasons never matter, once Death comes cold and bold and takes the living by the hand. You count up your dead, every one..”
“without you, dearest dearest I couldn't see or hear or feel or think - or live - I love you so and I'm never in all our lives going to let us be apart another night.”
“I went to my father's at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell's brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, "He's your son, and God made him." He answered very harshly, "If my sons are idiots, can I help it?”

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