Quotes with fantasy-land

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  • George W. Bush America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
    State of the Union, 20-01-2004
    George W. Bush
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • G.W.F. Hegel America is, therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's history shall reveal itself. It is a land of desire for all those who are weary of the historical lumber-room of Old Europe.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Philip James Bailey America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.
    Philip James Bailey
    English Spasmodic poet (1816 - 1902)
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  • Bertolt Brecht Andrea: Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero.
    Galileo: No, Andrea: Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.
    Life of Galileo Scene 12, p. 115
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • T. S. Eliot April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Al Gore As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Adam Smith As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • William Blake Awake! awake O sleeper of the land of shadows, wake! expand!
    Jerusalem Chap: I
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Benjamin Watson Before competition, as I stand in shoulder pads and cleats, my helmet in my left hand, adrenaline flowing and my heart raging under my right, I never forget the ills of America, but for a moment I envision its potential, remember its prosperity, and give thanks to God for the land He has placed me in and the people I love who live in it.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Carl Sagan Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
    Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (2011) 263
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Iris Murdoch But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • John Maynard Keynes But whilst there may be intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of land, there are no intrinsic reasons for the scarcity of capital.
    The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936) Chap.XXIV
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bob Dylan Come mothers and fathers
    Throughout the land
    And don't criticize
    What you can't understand
    Your sons and your daughters
    Are beyond your command
    Your old road is rapidly agin'.
    The Times They Are A-Changin (1964)
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Ella Wheeler Wilcox Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden-rod, and we will go sailing away from here to the beautiful land of Nod.
    Ella Wheeler Wilcox
    American Poet, Journalist (1850 - 1919)
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  • Bill Bryson Coming back to your native land after an absence of many years is a surprisingly unsettling business, a little like waking from a long coma. Time, you discover, has wrought changes that leave you feeling mildly foolish and out of touch.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Aldo Leopold Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
    Aldo Leopold
    American author, philosopher, naturalist and conservationist, (1887 - 1948)
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  • Edwin H. Land Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
    Edwin H. Land
    American scientist and inventor (0 - 1991)
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  • Kahlil Gibran Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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