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“Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.”

Quote by Lewis Grizzard

Book:Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard

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Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard

This book features a compilation of Lewis Grizzard's wit and wisdom, using the analogy of a dogsled team to illustrate the importance of leadership and the value of change in one's life journey. more

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Lewis Grizzard was a renowned American writer, born on October 20, 1946, and passed away on March 20, 1994. Known for his humorous and satirical writing style, his works have been greatly appreciated by readers. more

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Book:Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard

Source: Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard

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“The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the making and serving of a cup of tea. The supremely important matter is that the act be performed in the most perfect, most polite, most graceful, most charming manner possible.”

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Source: Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

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“At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.”

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Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn

“But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.”

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Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn

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Source: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn

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Source: The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn Including the Japanese Letters

“Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.”

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Source: Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan