"Contrary to slanderous Eastern opinion, much of Iowa is not flat, but rolling hills country with a lot of timber, a handsome and imaginative landscape, crowded with constant small changes of scene and full of little creeks winding with pools where shiners, crappies and catfish hover."

-- Paul Engle

#Country Quotes #Iowa Quotes #Rolling Quotes

“A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well as the stove.”
“I'd proven to the world that maturity, experience, dedication, and ingenuity can make up for a little senescence. Muscle tightening is not the only thing that happens to our bodies over time. We gain knowledge, focus, and understanding, and those things can help us win.”

Source : Dara Torres, Elizabeth Weil (2009). “Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life”, p.216, Three Rivers Press
“Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. and yet... and yet you act as if there is some ideal order in the world, as if there is some... some rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.”
“You better get it while you can”
“Thank you,â€ he was whispering, â€œthank you, thank you.â€¦â€ And then he was kissing my face, every inch of it he could find, wiping away the tears and soot, chanting my name.”
“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.”
“The Angel is one of those Articles of Faith as unshakable as our belief in the existence of God, an atom, or the ill luck of the number 13.”
“It's amazing what some people read into songs.”

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