Life
“Though very little is known about his childhood, for example the date he was born or where he lived as a child, it is known he succeeded to no estate, went to no university, was apprenticed to a 'joiner' by trade, and must have persevered through his apprenticeship and taken up his freedom, as he was referred to in the latter years as a 'joiner'”
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Famous quotes containing the word life:
“It’s babe feminism—we’re young, we’re fun, we do what we want in bed—and it has a shorter shelf life than the feminism of sisterhood. I’ve been a babe, and I’ve been a sister. Sister lasts longer.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Measure your health by your sympathy with morning and spring. If there is no response in you to the awakening of nature—if the prospect of an early morning walk does not banish sleep, if the warble of the first bluebird does not thrill you—know that the morning and spring of your life are past. Thus may you feel your pulse.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that’s walked
A song that’s spoke,
I laugh so hard I almost choke
When I think about myself.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)