"Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."

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Source : Democratic National Convention Address, originally delivered 8 July 1896 and later recorded in studio

William Jennings Bryan

#Country Quotes #Spring Quotes #Cities Quotes

“[On her wearing pants:] The greatest sorrows from which women suffer today are those physical, moral and mental ones, that are caused by their unhygienic manner of dressing! The want of the ballot is but a toy by comparison.”
“Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media from a sort of astute perspective and carefully state what you see you can't help but sounding like you're joking.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
“It is manifest that the only security against the tyranny of the government lies in forcible resistance to the execution of the injustice; because the injustice will certainly be executed, unless it be forcibly resisted.”
“Paper publishers are doing everything they can to slow the transition to eBooks because, in a digital world, paper publishers high hardback margins essentially disappear.”

Source : "Paper Earthworks and Digital Tides" by Barry Eisler, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2010.
“I always think I should get on it if I want to have kids. Because once you hit thirty it can be difficult to conceive â€” it can be dangerous. The best time to conceive is when you're a black teenager.”
“The choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.”

Source : Gregory David Roberts (2004). “Shantaram: A Novel”, p.7, Macmillan
“Real love is to offer your life at the feet of another.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2010). “Let Me In”, p.20, Macmillan
“No one should approach the temple of science with the soul of a money changer.”

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