"When John Lennon left the Beatles and started making music with Yoko Ono, many people scoffed at the idea. How could this talented man with so many hit songs give it all up? Well, we all know it was love, but beyond that, it was a leap of faith to try something new."

-- Ashley Bryan

#Song Quotes #Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.”
“Where are you, my little object of art? I am here to collect you.”
“Being interested in a woman is quite another matter from being in love with one.”

Source : Linda Lael Miller (2011). “Taming Charlotte”, p.248, Simon and Schuster
“This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.”
“I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.”
“Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things.”

Source : FaceBook post by Kay Warren from Mar 13, 2012
“Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year.”
“Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will.”

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