"Ragtime was my lullaby."

-- Hoagy Carmichael

#Ragtime Quotes #Lullaby Quotes

“Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.”

Source : "Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure" by Olivia St. Claire, Adams Media, (p. 309), November 18, 2009.
“People suddenly expected less of me and I didn't want that. Not only could I keep up with sighted kids, I could excel. I have an intense competiveness that was always in me.”

Source : Source: visionlossresources.org
“Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.”
“Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.”
“The life of every man is an endlessly repeated performance of the life of man.”

Source : 1954 An Autobiography, ch.1.
“The truth of the matter is that we are being very aggressive, so that we can lay the foundations for investors to come to Puerto Rico, for jobs to be created, and for opportunities to ensue. And our objective, again, is for Puerto Rico, for the people of Puerto Rico who want to stay here, for them to have the opportunity to stay here.”
“The idle wife ranked with the ornamentally wrought weapon and with the splendid offering to the gods as a measure of the man's power to waste, and therefore his superiority over other men. ... As is the case with any other object of art, her uselessness is her use.”

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