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Laurie Lee Quote: “But our waking life, and our…”

But our waking life, and our growing years, were for the most part spent in the kitchen, and until we married, or ran away, it was the common room we shared.

July 13, 2021 1914, English, June 26, Laurie Lee, Quotes by Poets

Allen Ginsberg Quote: “I think it was when I…”

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs – when I was 17 – that I realized I was talking through an empty skull… I wasn’t thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts.

June 12, 2021 1926, Allen Ginsberg, American, June 3, Quotes by Poets

Jane Taylor Quote: “Who ran to help me when…”

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.

May 26, 2021 1783, English, Jane Taylor, Quotes by Poets, September 23

Dennis Banks Quote: “In 1990 we ran across Europe…”

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

April 24, 2021 1932, American, April 12, Dennis Banks, Quotes by Educators

Greg Grandin Quote: “The unraveling of America’s long mid-century…”

The unraveling of America’s long mid-century domestic consensus, which ran from about 1941 to 1966, had begun earlier, under Lyndon B. Johnson.

February 9, 2021 1962, American, Greg Grandin, Quotes by Historians

Louis MacNeice Quote: “In January 1921, I found myself…”

In January 1921, I found myself wonderfully alone in an empty carriage in a rocking train in the night between Waterloo and Sherborne. Stars on each side of me; I ran from side to side of the carriage, checking the constellations.

January 31, 2021 1907, British, Louis MacNeice, Quotes by Poets, September 12

Louis MacNeice Quote: “When I went to bed as…”

When I went to bed as a child, I was told, ‘You don’t know where you’ll wake up.’ When I ran in the garden, I was told that running was bad for the heart. Everything had its sinister aspect – milk shrinks the stomach, lemon thins the blood.

October 14, 2020 1907, British, Louis MacNeice, Quotes by Poets, September 12

Neil MacGregor Quote: “As the Persians wrote very little…”

As the Persians wrote very little about how they ran their affairs, the Greek propaganda of the 5th century B.C. has for centuries gone virtually unchallenged – indeed, for Edward Said, it was the beginning of Europe’s long habit of misunderstanding and ill-informed contempt of the Middle East.

August 22, 2020 1946, British, June 16, Neil MacGregor, Quotes by Historians

Phyllis Schlafly Quote: “We need a new leader in…”

We need a new leader in Congress who will represent the issues that Donald Trump ran on because they were the winning issues.

July 20, 2020 1924, American, August 15, Phyllis Schlafly, Quotes by Activists

Frances Mayes Quote: “I was born and grew up…”

I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.

July 13, 2020 1940, American, April 4, Frances Mayes, Quotes by Educators

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