Quote by Mary Antin
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the

As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns. – Mary Antin

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On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. – Mary Antin

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Birthday
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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. – Mary Antin

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Morning
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One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czars health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue. – Mary Antin

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Health
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Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes. – Nick Clegg

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Our son is in school now. You know, hes six-and-a-half and so a big chunk of the day is taken up by school. So Im hoping that Ill be able to certainly take him to school in the morning, maybe pick him up in the afternoon and come back to work. – Connie Chung

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I cant record in the morning because I sound like Barry White. – Toni Braxton

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When I run in the morning, my body spends the first 20 minutes trying to figure out whats happening to it. – Danny Pudi

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My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say Im sorry, but Ive got to say hello to you, and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, Not for me, Bub. I dont want anything to do with you. – John Mayer

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Times of stress and difficulty are not the times when men who are on the same side can afford to think overmuch about the extent of their differences. It is more profitable to think of points of agreement. – John Henry Joshua Ellison (1855–1944), c.1907

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