"There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam, There's a warmth about to glow, There's a flower about to blow; There's a midnight blackness changing Into gray; Men of thought and men of action, Clear the way."

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Source : Charles Mackay (1846). “Voices from the Crowd: And Other Poems”, p.2

Charles Mackay

#Flower Quotes #Blow Quotes #Men Quotes

“Announcin' your plans is a good way to hear god laugh.”
“Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.”
“As inherently franchise-altering as drafts are, as monumental as they can be in the sport's history, you still can't get past the fact that this is several hours of people wearing suits and reading names off a sheet of paper. The athletes' clothes are entertaining - though not as much as they once were - and there's a warmth you get from watching young men and their families have their dreams come true. But it's still just a televised committee meeting.”
“Education is the number one priority.”

Source : "Vincent Kartheiser Talks MAD MEN, Why People Prefer Don Over Pete, Gender Roles in the 60s, Jon Hamm’s Directing Skills, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 27, 2013.
“Stories are the secret reservoir of values: change the stories individuals and nations live by and tell themselves, and you change the individuals and nations.”

Source : Eric C. Heins's CTA State Council Speech, www.cta.org. October 24, 2015.
“The Internet has made me very casual with a level of omniscience that was unthinkable a decade ago. I now wonder if God gets bored knowing the answer to everything.”
“Dexter's a unique killer in that his father saw his dark impulses, shined a light on them, and told Dexter that he saw them, he accepted them, that Dexter is good and that he is worthy of love. And I think that's what enables him to focus his energies in this unique way.”
“It is more difficult to research women's lives than it is men's. There has always been a tendency - race notwithstanding - to believe that women's contributions have been less important than men's contributions because women are usually less public people.”

Source : Source: www.neh.gov

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