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Great things are done when men and mountains meet; This is not done by jostling in the street. -William Blake This admirable couplet should be posted in conspicuous places all over England. The truth it embodies is threatened by two parties of opinio...

Library Looking-Glass: A Personal Anthology

I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion. And this is true to the extent that people either passionately love Texas or passionately hate it and, as in other religio...

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

With the evolution of Us came the evolution of Them. The original Them was anyone who wasn’t blood related — Them was pretty much everyone. Over time, as the number of people in Us got bigger, Them got smaller. Them now might mean anyone in any o...

Sam Killermann

Since the early 1920s a unique spiritual path has existed in Japan. This distinctly Japanese version of yoga is called Shin-shin-toitsu-do, and it combines seated meditation, moving meditation, breathing exercises, and other disciplines to help pract...

Love

It is better to save your innocence at the expense of your honor than your country at the expense of your life.

Chinese

I am glad," he said, "that I do not dwell in your country among such savage peoples. Here, in Caspak, men fight with men when they meet - men of different races - but their weapons are first for the slaying of beasts in the chase and defense. We do n...

The People That Time Forgot

I couldn't help thinkin' if she was as far out o' town as she was out o' tune, she wouldn't get back in a day.

The Country of the Pointed Firs

A fondness for roving, for making a name for themselves in their onw country, and for boasting of what they had seen in their travels, was so strong in our two wanderers, that they resolved to be no longer happy; and demanded permission of the king t...

Candide

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

I think my parents had in mind that I would settle down at quite a young age, but I decided that being a housewife in a big country house wasn't for me. I wanted to leave the country, head for London and see what the world had to offer.

Alison Jackson

I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.

Kacey Musgraves

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.

Willie Nelson

In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.

Lady Sings the Blues

Her fierce and fearful friend --who loved country music and cherry Pop Tarts and singing in public and the color pink, who was terrified of germs and dogs and ladders.

Panic

In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are always fanatics who will be well contented to be regarded as martyrs.

The Three Musketeers

You might think there is nothing more patriotic than dying for your country, but I think there is nothing more patriotic than living for your country.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Poor Chad. Not the country, but the guy. Oh, and the country’s poor too. I feel so bad for Chad. I also feel so bad for Chad.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

The contemplative man always lives alone. Regardless of who may reside in his home, his is a solitary world.

The Unpeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness

Today I am an unemployed writer living as a recluse in the great Northwoods.

The Unpeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness

One should never fight for a country. One should fight, if one has to, for what one believes to be right. A country is only as good as its leading citizens.

The Wizard Of Woodworld

Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know?

Paul Keating