"When the shore is won at last, Who will count the billow past?"

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Source : John Keble (1858). “The Christian year, thoughts in verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the year [by J. Keble]. [Another]”, p.29

John Keble

#Success Quotes #Past Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“In high school, I had fun in my academic clubs, watching movies with my girlfriends, learning Latin, having long, protracted, unrequited crushes on older guys who didnâ€™t know me, and yes, hanging out with my family. I liked hanging out with my family! Later, when youâ€™re grown up, you realize you never get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to spend with them full time, and thatâ€™s it.”
“I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.'”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal" interview, www.pbs.org. September 12, 2008.
“There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs”, p.115, Random House
“...when we say we're looking for a spiritual adviser, we're really looking for someone to tell us what to do with our bodies. Decisions of the flesh. We forget to learn from pleasure as well as pain.”
“I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting.”
“I was an optimistic person, really bossy, gregarious and outspoken.”
“I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.”
“Look deep within yourself, and you'll find something amazing.”

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