"We're an Ag college," I explain to them. "Not as good as the one in Yanco but we have livestock." "Cows?" Anson Choi asks, covering his nose. "Pigs, too. And horses. Great for growing tomatoes. The Cadets are wanna-be soldiers. City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure. "I'm going to throw up," one of the guys says. "Don't feel too bad," I explain. "Some of our lot did while they were laying out this stuff. Actually, right there where you're standing."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Horse Quotes #Fighting Quotes #College Quotes

“If there were dreams to sell, Merry and sad to tell, And the crier rung his bell, What would you buy?”

Source : 'Dream-Pedlary'
“It is said that there is a principle of conflict which originated with the single cell and has never deteriorated.”
“The Bible says that Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. On the job, in the grocery store, even among unsaved friends and family members, God's people are there to bring seasoning to an unsavory situation.”
“The art of not experiencing feelings. A child can experience her feelings only when there is somebody there who accepts her fully, understands her, and supports her. If that person is missing, if the child must risk losing the mother's love of her substitute in order to feel, then she will repress emotions.”

Source : Alice Miller (1997). “The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self”, p.9, Basic Books
“She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read.”
“I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.”
“Giving a poor person money keeps them poorer longer...often forever; give them knowledge instead...”
“Greatness in art is always a by-product.”

Source : Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.231, University of Chicago Press

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