"They [Rappites] were moving from Southern Indiana to Pennsylvania, where they had originally settled when they came from Germany. They were looking for someone who wanted to buy a pre-built town, which wouldn't have been appropriate for any kind of normal settlement. That's when Robert Owen [Welsh industrialist and utopian socialist] buys the village and founds New Harmony."

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Christine Jennings

#Moving Quotes #Southern Quotes #Village Quotes

“The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.”

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“To create a little flower is the labour of ages.”
“Never traffic in unpracticed truth.”
“What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a wife, The dear-bought curse, and lawful plague of life; A bosom serpent, a domestic evil, A night invasion, and a mid-day devil; Let not the wise these sland'rous words regard, But curse the bones of ev'ry living bard.”
“Anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can't get to any other way. The next thing you know, you're flying among the stars.”
“Love isÂ counting someone elseâ€™s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.”
“Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.”
“Too bad guys arenâ€™t like Mr. Potato Head Where you can pick and choose which parts you want. Then we might come up with a guy who meets your standards. - Maggie”

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