"And I never started to plow in my life That some one did not stop in the road And take me away to a dance or picnic. I ended up with forty acres; I ended up with a broken fiddleâ€” And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories, And not a single regret."

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Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.62, The Floating Press

Edgar Lee Masters

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“I have a wonderful respect for old people.”
“You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.”
“Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.”

Source : John Townsend (2012). “Where Is God?: Finding His Presence, Purpose and Power in Difficult Times”, p.22, Thomas Nelson
“Every time I set foot on the Bernabeu turf I got the jitters, a kind of anxiety that takes hold of you the moment you step out into the glare of the floodlights.”
“... a nation to be strong, must be united; to be united, must be equal in condition; to be equal in condition, must be similar inhabits and feeling; to be similar in habits and feeling, must be raised in national institutions as the children of a common family, and citizens of a common country.”
“An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.”

Source : Attributed in "Chronicles of America Series" by Allen Johnson, Yale University Press, 1918.
“Each time a mediocre singer performs, he is saying, in effect, "This is good enough for you." The audience, thrust into that familiar American mood of knowing something is wrong but not knowing what it is, unconsciously absorbs the insult and projects it back onto the mediocre performer in the form of inattention, rudeness and noise.”
“Movement for me is meditation.”

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