"Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS..."

-- Thomas Paine

#Character Quotes #Home Quotes #Patriotism Quotes

“It was just like him, she thought; with him, a happy ending was always a foregone conclusion. But such was the power of his faith that when she was with him; she found herself believing in happy endings, too.”

Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2010). “When Christ and His Saints Slept”, p.282, Macmillan
“You dont know what you do, everytime you walk into the room-- I'm afraid to move.”

Source : Song: True, Album: Take It All Away, 2004
“Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.”
“Iâ€™m a happy fellow. I feel very privileged, lucky, that I have had a wonderful life. And that I have been always allowed to do what I love,”
“There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. "”
“I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, my hair or the way I look.”

Source : "Catherine the Great" by Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2006.
“My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.”
“I spent thirty years learning manners, and I spent twenty years learning knowledge...”

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