"I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side."

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Source : 'Chambers's Journal' 2 February 1884.

James Payn

#Long Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Sides Quotes

“Photography opens your eyes a little wider to the world around you.”
“If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our otherwise weak efforts... remember, you cannot give away that which you do not possess. Study the life of the master. You do not have to have a college degree to be an efficient teacher. But you do have to become acquainted with the life and teachings of the master to be an effective teacher in the church.”
“The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.”

Source : Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.76, Vanderbilt University Press
“I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.”
“Hillary Clinton, President Obama, they're trying to turn the American dream into the European nightmare. We need to rescue the country from socialism.”

Source : "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 24, 2015.
“It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a militant atheism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres. The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life.”
“The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.”
“I studied anthropology and art history, as I have always been captivated by living traditions.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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