Walter de La Mare Quotes
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Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.
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Writers write for one reason: to create an emotion in the reader, to reach across and make them feel something. You want a reaction. Yeah, it's nicer when the reaction is to throw flowers than it is to throw brickbats, but you have to accept both equally.
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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
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No fruit. No veggie.
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The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are her crown of glory. And when these dear children quit her to reap their eternal reward, the mother retains precious memorials of them and holds up their example to her other children to encourage them to follow their glorious traces.
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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Is it ever too late for a sequel?
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I'd like very much to make a confident picture. I would like to be as good as nature, which, with a shower, produces flowers and grass to cover the destruction. But we are surrounded by human fragmentation, by pessimism, and it is difficult to talk of other things.
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Flowers are happy things.
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Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
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If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.
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I don't think men get enough flowers. A deeper pink or red peonies are my favorite. But I'll take anything, really.
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Our bloom is gone. We are the fruit thereof.
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I've always loved the language of flowers. I discovered Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' in a used bookstore when I was 16 and couldn't believe it was such a well-kept secret. How could something so beautiful and romantic be virtually unknown?
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I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
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Rarely do schools acknowledge the power of peer culture in defining standards, and rarely do they take advantage of this power as an engine for quality. When students themselves are in charge of projects that they care about, peer pressure can become a powerful force for high standards.
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I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
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Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.
