Edward Lear Quotes
There he heard a Lady talking,To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,-'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!On that little heap of stonesSits the Lady Jingly Jones!
Edward Lear
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.
P. J. O'Rourke
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To speak of joy and to sing of it, borne on The shoulders of joyous men, to feel the heart That is the common, the bravest fundament, This is a facile exercise
Wallace Stevens
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Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know?
Irvine Welsh
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In my youth, growing up in a Jewish milieu, there was one thing we did not have to look for and that was exaltation. Every moment is great, we were taught, every moment is unique.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
Larry Wall
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For a certain type of woman who risks losing her identity in a man, there are all those questions . . . until you get to the point and know that you really are living a love story.
Anouk Aimee
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If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.
James Sinegal
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I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad.
Owen King
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Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.
Gautama Buddha
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There he heard a Lady talking,To some milk-white Hens of Dorking,-'Tis the lady Jingly Jones!On that little heap of stonesSits the Lady Jingly Jones!
Edward Lear