February 2012
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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. Did you want...
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Linden Lea by William Barnes
Within the woodlands, flow’ry gladed, By the oak tree’s mossy moot, The shining grass-blades, timber-shaded, Now do quiver underfoot; And birds do whistle overhead, And water’s bubbling in its bed, And there for me the apple tree Do lean down low in Linden Lea.
When leaves that lately were a-springing Now do fade within the copse, And painted birds do hush their singing Up...
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“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
– Mark Twain
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“Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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I miss Estonia so much.
