"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home."

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Source : Gabriel Harrison, John Howard Payne (1875). “The life and writing of John Howard Payne”

John Howard Payne

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Home Quotes

“We are always waiting for the perfect brief from the perfect client. It almost never happens [...] Whatever is on your desk right now, that's the one. Make it the best you possibly can.”
“You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.”
“Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.”

Source : Source: bluemesareview.org
“Even at the timeâ€”twenty years oldâ€”I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a day. There is no particular daring in this vow, but I have not broken it and shall not do so. The wisdom of my grandfathers sat in my head: we are born for the pleasure of work, fighting, love, we are born for that and nothing else. (Guy de Maupassant)”
“We may not be worthy to be forgiven, but He is worthy to forgive us.”

Source : J. D. Greear (2013). “Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved”, p.30, B&H Publishing Group
“From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.”
“The true artist can only labor con amore.”
“Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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