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- O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.
(O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us.) - Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), Poem "To a Louse" - verse 8
- I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
- Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
- I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
- The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!
- John Burroughs (1837 - 1921), Birds and Poets, 1887
- I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.
- Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
- I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
- Charles Lindbergh (1902 - 1974), Interview shortly before his death, 1974
- The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.
- J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams are poured, and some vessels are simply worthier than others... A beautiful woman can turn heads but real glamour has a deeper pull... Glamour [is] the power to rearrange people's emotions, which, in effect, is the power to control one's environment.
- Arthur Miller (1915 - 2005)
- Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey.
- Pat Conroy (1945 - ), The Prince of Tides
- I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.
- Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Death, 1997
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