"Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in"

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Source : Song: Don't Fence Me In

Cole Porter

#Country Quotes #Land Quotes #Sky Quotes

“Happiness is not a sign that we are right with God; happiness is a sign of satisfaction, that is all, and the majority of us can be satisfied on too low a level.”
“Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped out.”

Source : Thrity Umrigar (2009). “The Space Between Us: A Novel”, p.7, Harper Collins
“I was so in love with the idea of making people laugh for a living that I didn't care what I had to do to get there. Or how much money I was going to make when I did get there.”
“I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.”

Source : "Specter: 'I'm pro-choice ... But I don't make the decisions'". "Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics", www.cnn.com. November 9, 2004.
“One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.”
“When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.”

Source : Interview With Rob Smyth, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2004.
“Children are way more articulate, way more connected to their rights, and they want to be fully participating, empowered members of society but we have to release and we have to let go. We have to allow children to enter their self-governance and their state of empowered presence.”

Source : Source: www.chicagonow.com
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

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