Kenneth Grahame Quotes
Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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It's not true that I never left South Bend to recruit a player. It is true that I didn't leave very often.
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I didn't start grieving for my mother properly until I was maybe 16.
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Being a club pro and all, a guy trying to keep up with golf's modern technology, I hadn't found much time for Internet dating, but then one day I knew I'd met the girl of my dreams when she replied to a comment I'd made on You-and-Me.com. She said, 'I love it when you talk equipment to me.'
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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For each album, I let the music that I love at that point in my life be my guide.
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Well, very long ago, on the spot where the Wild Wood waves now, before ever it had planted itself and grown up to what it now is, there was a city - a city of people, you know.
