"I have dreamed of our bed as if it were a shore where we would be washed up, not this striped mattress we must cover with sheets. [from "After an Absence"]"

-- Linda Pastan

#Bed Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Absence Quotes

“It is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would have so diluted investigative powers that it would have frustrated an investigation and created a security harm outweighing the benefit to civil liberties. If you'd rather trade scary stories, that's fine too - just let me know so I can buy a bag of marshmallows before our next round.ï»¿”
“Keep on following your dreams and don't let anyone put you down or tell you that you can't do it!”

Source : "Meet Greyson Chance, A Rising Pop Star". Interview with Brooke Barnett, www.metrofamilymagazine.com.
“Comediennes are the lucky ones, because if you're funny, you can be 125 years old and they will still accept you.”
“I was asked for years about being a Republican, probably because most black people are Democrats. My mother heard it once and called me and said 'Charles, Republicans are for the rich people.' And I said, 'Mom, I'm rich.'”

Source : Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.76, Random House
“There's no experience like on-the-job training.”
“History marches to the drum of a clear idea.”
“I'm also a devoted father, and you see that side of me at the same time.”

Source : ""Bill Goldberg Talks To 411 About Whether WWE Has Contacted Him About Returning, WWE HOF Induction, Brock Lesnar’s UFC Fight, Developing the Goldberg Character, More" by Jeffrey Harris". 411mania.com. June 28, 2016.
“In 1650 Bishop Ussher dated the creation from the genealogy given in the Bible at 4004 B.C.; for a long time (even for some people today) this was accepted as "gospel truth." However, if you accept a miracle such as this, what's wrong with creation 5 minutes ago? It would be scarcely more difficult for the Creator to create all of us sitting here, with our memories of events that never really happened, with our worn shoes that were never really new, with spots of soup that were never really spilled on our ties, and so on. Such a beginning is logically possible, but extremely hard to believe!”

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