"Midnight! the outpost of advancing day!The frontier town and citadel of night!The watershed of Time, from which the streamsOf Yesterday and To-morrow take their way,One to the land of promise and of light,One to the land of darkness and of dreams!"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Time, Midnight, Dream, Day

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"Midnight! the outpost of advancing day!The frontier town and citadel of night!The watershed of Time, from which the streamsOf Yesterday and To-morrow take their way,One to the land of promise and of light,One to the land of darkness and of dreams!"

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"Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them."

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."

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"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."

Dave Eggers, American Writer

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"Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

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"Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isn't enough time."

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"I believe I was ahead of my time."

Ike Turner, American Musician

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"The past always wishes to play its part in the unfolding drama of life."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books."

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"Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart."

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"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone."

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"Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted."

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