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“He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat. Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on.”
Source : Julia Ward Howe (1866). “Later Lyrics”, p.42
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“The training part," I guessed. "Yup. You're going to be Dimitri's partner." A moment of funny silence fell, probably not noticeable to anyone except Dimitri and me. Our eyes met. "Guarding partner," Dimitri clarified unnecessarily, like maybe he too had been thinking of other kinds of partners.”
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“People assume that I'm wiser than I am because I'm somewhat successful. Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles. If you're dumb when you're young, you're going to be dumb when you're old.”
Source : "Estelle Getty, ‘Golden Girls’ Matriarch, Dies at 84". The New York Times, July 23, 2008.
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“Woman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her.”
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“I always knew one thing, that life is made bearable and possible and liveable by the relations of one human being to another, the individual love and gentleness between persons, or in any case, the unbreakable bond that grows and fastens lives together in all sorts of mysterious ways ...”
Source : Katherine Anne Porter, Isabel Bayley (1994). “Letters of Katherine Anne Porter”, p.592, Atlantic Monthly Press
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“So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection.”
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“Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.”
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“Why wouldn't I be able to look at you? You're not my woman and I don't even have feelings for you. You really mean nothing to me now.”
