"People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest."

-- Thomas A. Edison

#People Quotes #Dams Quotes #Dirt Quotes

“I am very impressed by The Carrivick Sisters, one of the best young duos Iâ€™ve heard. The girls sing and play as one and their work is characterised by great musicality. They are not only very talented instrumentalists and singers but they write really good songs as well.”
“My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.”
“The part we play is not as we want it, but as we are made-with the genitals God gave us.”

Source : Maureen Howard (1965). “Bridgeport Bus”, Penguin Group USA
“People often ask authors where their ideas come from, and often authors say they don't know. But I do know about this one. Once upon a time, my wife and I had three small children -- two boys and a girl, just like in the story. And when they were young, we used to tell them a story very like YOU'RE ALL MY FAVORITES.”

Source : Sam McBratney (2007). “You're all my favorites”
“People can put their best poems straight onto the web.”
“Just as not all popular albums are wonderful, not all wonderful albums are popular.”
“By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.”
“White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”

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