"I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend."

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Source : Interview at the Academy of Acheivement, May 23, 1998.

#School Quotes #Weekend Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I feel good about the fact that I finally found something I love. I never lived in one place for very long - that's the way my whole life has been. I was always packing and moving around, staying in Canada, Kentucky, Jersey, St. Louis - it all helped because I was always learning new accents, experiencing different environments.”
“The girl was lighter without her heart. She danced barefoot on the hot roads, and her feet were not cut by the glass or stones that studded her way. She spoke to the dead whenever they visited her. She tried to be kind, but they realised that they no longer had anything in common with her, and she realised it, too. So they went their separate ways.”
“If you want to preserve your virginity, it's about not wanting to belong to the human species.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.”
“Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed.”
“If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus.”
“happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!”

Source : Terry McMillan (2002). “A Day Late and a Dollar Short”, p.222, Penguin
“truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by a willingness for research. i donâ€™t dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life, who says, i know me too. i want someone keen to learn my own strange organization, amazed at whatâ€™s revealed; someone who asks, and then what, and then what?”

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