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cotton

«Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear.»
Author: Phil Gramm | Keywords: cotton, underwear
«To seek approval is to have no resting place, no sanctuary. Like all judgment, approval encourages a constant striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. Approval cannot be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many of us spend our lives pursuing it.»
«But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my windowin one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light.»
«And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release - out across the desert, running toward the Gulf, below sea level, to murmur its lullaby, and see the Imperial Valley rise out of burning sand with cotton blossoms, wheat, watermelons, roses, how should it know?»
«We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel.»
«I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to knit a sweater.»
Author: Lee Trevino (Golfer) | About: Golf | Keywords: cotton, grinding, guts, sweater, sweaters
«I was influenced a lot by those around me -- there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.»
Author: Willie Nelson | Keywords: cotton, influenced
«The place was packed as full of smells as a bale is of cotton.»
Author: Rudyard Kipling | Keywords: bale, bales, cotton, packed
«All work, even cotton spinning, is noble; work alone is noble»