Famous quotes containing the words land, force and/or command:
“Im right here to tell you, mister. There aint nobody gonna push me off my land. My grandpa took up this land seventy years ago. My pa was born here. We was all born on it. And some of us was killed on it. And some of us died on it. Thats what makes it ourn. Bein born on it. And workin on it. And dyin on it. And not no piece of paper with writin on it.”
—Nunnally Johnson (18971977)
“My dear Kafka,
When youve had five years of it, not five months,
Five years of an irresistible force meeting an immoveable object right in your belly,
Then youll know about depression.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
“Tis not in mortals to command success,
But well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it.”
—Joseph Addison (16721719)
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