"How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess."

-- Thomas Paine

#Running Quotes #Power Quotes #Watches Quotes

“Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.”
“To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.”
“People would rather believe than know.”
“Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.”

Source : Henry Williamson (2011). “The Gale of the World”, p.31, Faber & Faber
“I couldn't look at her. I'd been jealous and hurt, and I had dragged Liv into the middle of my own broken mess of a life. All because I thought Lena didn't love me anymore. But I was stupid, and I was wrong. Lena loved me so much, she was willing to risk everything to save me. I had given up on Lena, after she had refused to give up on me. I owed her my life. It was as simple as that.”
“No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged.”
“Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time wishing.”
“Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and whats a taboo and whats not in terms of content, you got guys, like, Trent Lott who equates homosexuality with a disease.”

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