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“PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called a palace; that of the Founder of his religion was known as a field, or wayside. There is progress.”

Christian Religion Church Known Progress Fields Fine Officials Founders Palaces Christian Church Residence

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

“When I was in high school and college, my other real focus was, actually, fiction writing. So in college, I had done all these seminars with these various writers-in-residence.”

Writing Real Done School Fiction Focus College High School Various Fiction Writing Residence Seminars

Author:Lily Rabe

“When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.”

Teach Ridiculous Euthanasia Residence Edinburgh

Author:Norman MacCaig

“I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.”

People Years Firsts Two Country Time Feet Hundred First Time Soil Residence Seamen

Book:End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier

Source: End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier

“Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister, Apple, 9, with a visiting Italian chef, Japanese anime screenings, and hand-rolled-sushi lessons, no less), Paltrow admits that her dreams of relocating the family to their recently acquired residence in Brentwood, California, are becoming ever more urgent.”

“Well, I have a farm in Vermont that's my main residence, where I do lots of digging and mowing, and ride tractors - just so you don't get the wrong idea that I'm too girlie!”

Wells Ideas Farms Digging Residence Vermont Tractors Wrong Ideas Mowing

Author:Tim Daly

“Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.”

Soul Self Use Home Prayer Bird All Things Holes Now And Then Bees Refuge Foxes Resorts Occasional Nests Residence Hives Stratagem

Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

“The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.”

Facts Opposition Exile Residence Civil Service

Book:The complete Yes, Minister: the diaries of a cabinet minister

Source: The complete Yes, Minister: the diaries of a cabinet minister