"When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would rule me out, I would get mad and hit the empire."

-- Langston Hughes

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“If you believe that God overrules all things for good, and only permits apparently evil happenings for good and the achievement of great ends unbeknown to you, then all is well. All is well because you believe in the sovereignty of God.”
“The traditional farm, the peanuts, the cotton, the corn, is probably not the thing to do, because you're up against big farmers who can afford all the equipment to grow those kinds of crops. But we need healthy food. We're being encouraged to eat more vegetables. Our school systems are being encouraged to buy locally. So, we need farmers who can produce that food.”
“For me, having it all is being paid to write novels.”
“How often have I been guilty of being the Holy Spirit in their lives? It is my job along with my husbands to impart truth but I canâ€™t reveal truth only the Holy Spirit can. It is my job to point out sin and require obedience but I canâ€™t bring conviction of sin â€“ only the Holy Spirit can convict of sin. It is my job to share the gospel â€“ but I canâ€™t reveal the gospel to my children only the Holy Spirit can reveal the truth of the gospel.”
“When I'm walking with my father through the woods, and we reach a place where you see so far that your ego suddenly shrinks because you are so touched by the dimension of your surroundings.”
“This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a delight that a cabbage patch or even an elegant vegetable garden cannot provoke.”

Source : Jane Grigson (2007). “Jane Grigson's Fruit Book”, p.27, U of Nebraska Press
“I love to see people win. You can literally see a person change through achievement on this emotional and spiritual level.”

Source : "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.”

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