It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
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Americans deserve to feel secure in their own lives, in their own middle-class aspirations, before you go to them and say, 'We're… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Fish slowly and thoroughly. Haste never pays dividends. Don't whip the stream to a froth. Make fewer cast, make them to places… — Ray Bergman Copy Share Image
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He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
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The road to Manderley lay ahead. There was no moon. The sky above our heads was inky black. But the sky on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a… — Billy Gibbons Copy Share Image
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I watch the Eruptions. Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Mount Saint Mom, oozing lava, spitting flame. Warn the… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Anglers boast of the innocence of their pastime; yet it puts fellow-creatures to the torture. They pique themselves on their meditative faculties;… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
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When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the… — Stephen Crane Copy Share Image
I am the monarch of the sea, The Ruler of the Queen's Navee, Whose praise Great Britain loudly chants And we are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“He [Alan Lomax] started right off trying to find people who could introduce folk songs to city people. He found a young actor named Burl Ives and said, "Burl, you know a lot of great country songs learned from your grandmother, don't you know people would love to hear them?" He put on radio…” quote by Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/59e/pete-seeger-1942_actors_he-alan-lomax-started-right-off-trying-t_1712245.jpg)
