"These things shall be! A loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise, With flame of freedom in their souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes."

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Source : Hymn

John Addington Symonds

#Eye Quotes #Light Quotes #Race Quotes

“Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone.”
“Funny,â€™ Will said, as they picked their way through. â€˜Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.â€™ â€˜They are English,â€™ Merriman said. â€˜Quite right,â€™ said Willâ€™s father. â€˜Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. Weâ€™re an odd lotâ€¦.”
“Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.”

Source : "Gregg Harper: I 'hunt' democrats". Interview with Anne Schroeder Mullins, www.politico.com. October 20, 2009.
“I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money; I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money.”

Source : "Anderson Cooper 360°", transcripts.cnn.com. January 5, 2012.
“I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.”
“Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and whats a taboo and whats not in terms of content, you got guys, like, Trent Lott who equates homosexuality with a disease.”
“Never miss a chance to shut up”
“Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.45

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