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Quote by Washington Irving
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving

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Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No – no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. – Washington Irving

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Society
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Washington Irving
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Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving

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Business
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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. – Washington Irving

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Writing
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My grandson sees me as Lois on TV every Christmas, and that scores me points. – Margot Kidder

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Christmas

I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybodys presents – everybodys – so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside. – Tommy Hilfiger

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Christmas

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! – Hamilton Wright Mabie

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Christmas

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead. – Clarence Clemons

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Christmas

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New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South. – Josh Lucas

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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest. – Oliver Tambo

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Television is a medium because anything well done is rare. – Fred Allen

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Ah tell me not that memory sheds gladness over the past; what is recalled by faded flowers save that they did not last? – Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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