"Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings?"

-- Alexander Pope

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“I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.”

Source : Fanny Fern (1873). “Fanny Fern [pseud.]: A Memorial Volume. Containing Her Select Writings and a Memoir”, p.497
“In the NFL game today, there are a lot of better athletes than I am, and quarterbacks these days are faster than the quarterbacks have always been, they're running like crazy. But I kind of stick to my roots of the disciplined quarterback. You know, I'm doing the same routine every week, studying tapes and working hard, getting ready to play and making good decisions on Sundays.”
“One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one.”
“Take some time off to go within, in silence. With that, your charm becomes eternal, your love becomes unconditional & great strength arises.”
“I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service.”
“I feel like I always learn when I'm writing, even when I'm not writing about myself. I'm careful not to judge; I try to internalize and empathize with the characters. Stepping into that person's shoes is transformative. It changes you. Looking at my own life, it's also humbling to write.”
“Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose”
“I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One of my first Jobs was shelving books at a branch of the Chicago Public Library.) Libraries are a pillar of any society. I believe our lack of attention to funding and caring for them properly in the United States has a direct bearing on problems of literacy, productivity, and our inability to compete in today's world. Libraries are everyman's free university.”

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