Raymond Sokolov Quotes
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As a mighty river which when properly harnessed by dams and canals, creates a vast reservoir of water, prevents famine and provides abundant power for industry; so also the mind, when controlled, provides a reservoir of peace and generates abundant energy for the human uplift.
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I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And too few chop-houses.
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A Seer's moon, a Siren's tears, Nineteen Mortal, Wayward fears, Incubus graves and Caster rivers, The Final Page the End delivers.
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I wanted to find a place to hide from all of it, where the nightmares and the rivers and reality couldn't find me. For me, that place was always inside a book.
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The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.
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The habit of taking the line of least resistance makes all rivers and some men crooked.
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Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner.
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The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time.
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Boundaries don't protect rivers, people do.
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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.
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You see how when rivers are swollen in winter those trees that yield to the flood retain their branches, but those that offer resistance perish, trunk and all.
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Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.
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The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water.
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I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.
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Learn this from the waters: in mountain clefts and chasms, loud gush the streamlets, but great rivers flow silently.
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I'll be yours until the stars fall from the sky, yours until the rivers run dry. In other words, until the day I day.
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the mighty main sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers.
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The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.
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Music, the most abstract and uncanny art, is an eternal river of sound moving through time. We can free ourselves from whatever may be holding us back, and join that flowing river.
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Most of the world's major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated - in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded - and people now use half the world's readily accessible freshwater runoff.
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Deep rivers run quiet.
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Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.
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Only the river is free, always changing but always the same.
