"Hey there's not a cloud in the sky It's as blue as your goodbye And I thought that it would rain On a day like today Hey there's not a cloud in sight It's as blue as your blue goodbye And I thought that it would rain The day you went away He's on the buses and the aeroplanes With some groceries and a sleeping bag"

-- Wendy Matthews

#Goodbye Quotes #Song Quotes #Rain Quotes

“When I moved to Brighton from London in 1995, I was struck by what I thought of as its townliness. A town, it seemed to me, was that perfect place to live, neither city nor country, both of which like to think they are light years apart but actually have a great deal in common.”
“I oppose U.S. military intervention in Iraq. I believe that we should not send troops or engage in air strikes-our nation's military involvement needs to be over. The United States has already spent billions of dollars in Iraq while our nation has endured a crumbling infrastructure, cuts to our social programs, a lack of investment in job training and creation, and sadly, a failure to take care of our veterans. Let's focus our resources at home. Over 4000 men and women have sacrificed their lives for Iraq. That is enough.”
“You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising racism.You are confronted with the reality of racism when you go in the streets, when the eyes of others come upon you. [James] Baldwin goes back with you to all the experiences you went through and gives a name to them, and explains why it is like this.”
“The Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.”
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”

Source : FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Aug 20, 2016
“A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.”
“Clothe an idea in words and it loses its freedom of movement.”
“Why'd you leave the match, huh?”

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