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“The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as much as possible, yet never losing sight of the fact that he carried the mail. The hills were many, and the reins lay loosely in his hands as he lolled back in his seat and extended one foot and leg luxuriously over the dashboard. His brimmed hat of worn felt was well pulled over his eyes, and revolved a quid of tobacco in his left cheek.”

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“... the precedents for feminine self-expression run back through all the ages since the art of writing was invented. ... The era may witness the first female engineer, motor truck chauffeur, radio broadcaster, head of an aviation school, or federal prohibition officer, but it has not produced the first thinking, creative, and writing woman by any means.”

Source: Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard

“People may find it more comfortable to listen to us if we equivocate, but in the long run only words that discomfort them are going to change our situation.”

People Ifs May Long Running Change Situation Comfortable Long Runs Discomfort

Book:We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader

Source: We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader

“Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.”

May Running Lasts Change Gone Youth

Book:The Music-lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems

Source: The Music-lesson of Confucius, and Other Poems

“How deep is the magic of sound may be learned by breaking some sweet verses into prose. The operation has been compared to gathering dew-drops, which shine like jewels upon the flower, but run into water in the hand. The elements remain, but the sparkle is gone.”

May Has Beens Hands Running Sound Water Gone Magic Sweet Flower Elements Shining Operations Prose Verses Gathering Jewels Dew Sparkle

Book:Pleasures of Literature

Source: Pleasures of Literature

“I would not be running for President if I didn't believe with all my heart that this is what the vast majority of Americans want for this country. This union may never be perfect, but generation after generation has shown that it can always be perfected. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation - the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election.”

“I think that any time you look at the fact that boycotts have historically led to change, whatever temporary inconvenience there may be, it in the long run leads toward, in my opinion, a better change for everybody.”

Thinking Looks May Long Facts Running Opinion Temporary Long Runs Inconvenience Boycott

Author:Al Sharpton

“Examining love is like examining a stocking: if you hold it up to the light and stretch it to search for snags, any snags there are may well run and ruin the stocking. In fact, if I may fashion Coudert's law from Heisenberg's principle of indeterminacy, it is this: Love is not only changed by observation; it is changed for the worse.”

Ifs Wells May Facts Light Running Law Love Is Principles Fashion Changed Observation Ruins Examining Love Is Like Stockings

Book:Advice from a Failure

Source: Advice from a Failure

“In fact, if you are faced with the prospect of running across an open field in which lightning bolts are going to be a problem, you are much better off if their timing and location are determined by something, since then they may be predictable by you, and hence avoidable. Determinism is the friend, not the foe, of those who dislike inevitability.”

Ifs May Facts Problem Running Fields Determined Dislike Lightning Timing Location Better Off Foe Predictable Bolts Inevitability Determinism Lightning Bolts Open Fields

Author:Daniel Dennett

“For, know that each soul constantly meets its own self. No problem may be run away from. Meet it now!”

Knows May Soul Self Problem Running Running Away No Problem

Author:Edgar Cayce