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“At the piping of all hands,When the judgment-signal's spread-When the islands and the landsAnd the seas give up their dead,And the South and North shall come;When the sinner is dismayed,And the just man is afraid,Then Heaven be thy aid,Poor Tom.”
Source : John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1846). “The Poems of John G.C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70
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“The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds, but in order to re-animate and revive that which has been; to represent what time and space have placed at a distance from us.”
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“Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.”
Source : "Writer Bill James". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.
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“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.”
Source : Twitter post from Dec 31, 2009
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“When you put four Alaskans into a room, you have five marriages, six divorces, and seven political parties.”
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“Every child needs a champion.”
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“A new species is arising on the planet, it is arising now and you are it.”
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“We’re seeing that business models and philanthropic models are not mutually exclusive.”