"When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light. Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?"

Source : 'The American Flag' in New York Evening Post, 29 May 1819 (attributed also to Fitz-Greene Halleck)

Joseph Rodman Drake

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“Architecture can't force people to connect, it can only plan the crossing points, remove barriers, and make the meeting places useful and attractive.”

Source : Interview with Andrea Tamas, www.archdaily.com. August 2009.
“I tried to get Adam Sandler hired on a movie called "Brain Donors" and the producers wouldn't hire him. And a few years later, he was doing "Happy Gilmore" and he remembered I had fought for him, so he hired me.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.”
“The best feedback is what we don't want to hear.”

Source : FaceBook post by George Raveling from Jun 11, 2012
“Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.”

Source : Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1953). “Oratio de Hominis Dignitate: Oration on the Dignity of Man. English Translation by Elizabet Livermore Forbes”
“The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge.”
“I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.”

Source : "How Rob Brydon Learnt to Play Nice". Interview with John Preston, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 17, 2012.
“Love is ever new because it never groweth old.”

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