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That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have.


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When Time is spent, Eternity begins.

When Time is spent, Eternity begins.



I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.

I shall be found with 'Indians' engraved on my brain when I am dead. A fire has been kindled within me, which will never go out.



Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?



O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

O proudly name their names who bravely sail| To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!



When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.

When love is at its best, one loves so much that he cannot forget.



Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask.

Like a blind spinner in the sun,I tread my days:I know that all the threads will runAppointed ways.I know each day will bring its task,And being blind no more I ask.



If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.

If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.



Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.



The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.

The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.



O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.

O sweet, delusive Noon, Which the morning climbs to find, O moment sped too soon, And morning left behind.





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Any fool can hope when success lies plainly in view. It wants genuine strength to hope when matters are hopeless.



I don’t want you to hate me or even to not like me, but I am committed to helping you think and grow and succeed

I don’t want you to hate me or even to not like me, but I am committed to helping you think and grow and succeed



In the hands of Science and indomitable energy, results the most gigantic and absorbing may be wrought out by skilful combinations of acknowledged data and the simplest means.

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If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.

If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving his wife.



I spent time at my grandfather Dino's gourmet store where he brought in chefs from Naples to cook. I thought of them as rock stars.

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There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed.

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Hosting a game show is so bizarre and uniquely its own thing. Anytime I'm hosting something, I try to bring as much of myself to it as I can, but it's always going to be incomplete.

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Government does not do ANYthing as well as the private sector does, and that includes educating your children.



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