"celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em."

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Edna Ferber

#Letting Go Quotes #New Year Quotes #Years Quotes

“Stars are better off without us.”
“Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.”

Source : Speech on Democratic Development, Pluralism and Civil Society delivered at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway, www.akdn.org. April 07, 2005.
“The finest teaching touches in a student a spring neither teacher nor student could possibly have preconceived.”
“Will America lead...and reap the rewards? Or will we surrender that advantage to other countries with clearer vision?”
“But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on”

Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.195, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I start at the beginning, mentally screaming every obscenity I can in alphabetical order. Then I start setting them to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
“Theres so much to be afraid of.”
“Our story is over, yes, but our journey isn't, because we'll always live on the edge until the day we die.”

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