"Momma kept a garden, which sounds romantic to people who have never held a hoe"

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Source : Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.46, Vintage

Rick Bragg

#Garden Quotes #Hoe Quotes #People Quotes

“People are attempting to bring a superficial reality to superheroes which is rather stupid. They work best as the flamboyant fantasies they are. I mean, these are characters that are broad and big. I don't need to see sweat patches under Superman's arms. I want to see him fly.”
“I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what's already been there - like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven't been that far out of my comfort zone in a while.”
“As Jack began to climb the stairs, Fiona looked up at her new home. Five stories of stately mansion rose above her head. Heavy molding around the large windows and doors bespoke a quality and craftsmanship that was obvious even in the dim night. â€œGood God! Itâ€™s massive!â€ Jack paused with his foot on the last step. â€œI do wish youâ€™d keep those comments until we are in bed, love. I would appreciate them all the more there.”
“Anybody that believes in separation of church and state needs to leave right now.”

Source : "Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservative and American Culture". Book by Barry Hankins, 2002.
“I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms of confidence of performance and owning a song but I've never behaved like one in terms of the negative connotations of the word.”
“The key to high-quality communication is trust, and its hard to trust somebody that you dont know.”
“I think a lot of philosophers get so absorbed and distracted from the real matters of the world that they get lost in irrelevant sub-details.”
“Mindfulness develops attention, concentration and the ability to simply be present with little or no future orientation, past orientation or goal orientationâ€”choosing to be a human being rather than a human doing.”

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