"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."
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"Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water."
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"I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar."
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"In the abundance of water - the fool is thirsty"
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"When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing."
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"There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive."
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"Tea is nought but this: first you heat the water, then you make the tea. Then you drink it properly. That is all you need to know."
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"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge."
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"The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams. So much depends upom a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens."
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"Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ... content to eat the bread of sorrow and drink the waters of affliction."
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". . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force."
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"The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world."
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"I want more numbers than I’m likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I’m grateful."
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"Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water."
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"Every organism exists as a vehicle for the ennoblement of water into consciousness."
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"A snake came to my water trough On a hot, hot day, and I in pajamas for the heat, To drink there."
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"We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings."
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"A little water clears us of this deed."
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"Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters."
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"Words are one thing - deeds something entirely different. Fine words are a mask to cover shady deeds. A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."
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