"May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever."

--

Joseph Smith, Jr.

#Father Quotes #Land Quotes #America Quotes

“I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think that much of the advice given to young men about saving money is wrong. I never saved a cent until I was forty years old. I invested in myself - in study, in mastering my tools, in preparation. Many a man who is putting a few dollars a week into the bank would do much better to put it into himself.”
“One function of the librarian, as he saw it, was to blunt the edge of these differences and to provide a means whereby the rich and poor could live happily side by side. The public library was a great leveler, supplying a literature by which the ordinary man could experience some of the pleasures of the rich, and providing a common ground where employer and employee could meet on equal terms.”
“Bite off more than you can chew, then keep chewing.”
“Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.”
“It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2012). “Shadow of Night: A Novel”, p.337, Penguin
“I grew up with coconuts as the main flavor in food in Jamaica. It's part of our culture.”
“Classical singing - everything had to be homogenous, and it had to just feel like one continuous flow from top to bottom, bottom to top. And in jazz, I felt like, oh, well, I can sing these deep, husky lows if I want and then sing these really, like, tiny, laser highs if I want, as well. And I have - I have no obligation to make it sound like it's just one continuous flow.”

Source : "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2016.

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