#burns

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

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And on 25 January of each year and for many days before it and after it there is not an hour in the day or night when a Burns Supper is not taking place somewhere on this earth. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#before #burns #day #days #each

And thus it was that I started to wonder why Robert Burns is so important to us. We have other poets, and other writers, and other heroes, yet we do not afford them the veneration that we afford to Robert Burns. ↗

— Len G. Murray

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For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death. ↗

— Len G. Murray

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One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#cannot #contribution #imagine #music #scots

There are even more statues of Robert Burns than of any other figure in world literature. Indeed if we discount figures of religion, then only Christopher Columbus has more statues than he worldwide. ↗

— Len G. Murray

#burns #christopher #columbus #discount #even

I think in my case, I had no choice but to have a good sense of humor. I grew up with my dad, Danny Thomas, and George Burns and Bob Hope and Milton Berle and Sid Caesar and all those guys were at our house all the time and telling jokes and making each other laugh. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#bob #bob hope #burns #caesar #case

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

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The paper burns, but the words fly away. ↗

— Ben Joseph Akiba

#burns #fly #paper #words

Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. ↗

— William Allingham

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