"With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea."

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Source : The Times 21 Sept. 1914, "For the Fallen"

Laurence Binyon

#Thanksgiving Quotes #Mother Quotes #Children Quotes

“My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My short answer would be that there is no greatest jazz musician of the century. Jazz, like any valid art form, finds its greatness in its expression of the human spirit, and, to me, this canâ€™t be reduced to a contest.”
“We all know that each generation has its own test, the contemporaneous and current standard by which alone it can adequately judge of its own moral achievements, and that it may not legitimately use a previous and less vigorous test. The advanced test must indeed include that which has already been attained; but if it includes no more, we shall fail to go forward, thinking complacently that we have "arrived" when in reality we have not yet started.”
“Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends.”
“Music is truly the universal language, and when it is excellently expressed how deeply it moves our souls”
“I hate my Visa card but have to use it for diesel, insurance and big items. I prefer paying by cash whenever possible because that way I feel as if I've got a better grasp on what I'm spending.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The reality is that there are half a billion kids in India, in villages, who have a pre-determined life. If they're very lucky and they're a gifted athlete, maybe they can compete for the Olympics, or maybe they can get into the military. But if you're not a gifted athlete, then you're going to end up working for your family and you're going to perpetuate what your family is. It's gotten to the point, in villages, where there's no hope. And the first spark of hope is when you ask yourself the question,"What gift did God give me that I can develop and use to better my life?"”
“When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without using their hands.”

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