Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That's why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.
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Loved you when summer deepened into June,
and now when au... V. SACKVILLE-WEST My hope is to build and keep having the numbers grow. Their experience will grow and they will want ... ERIC LIGTENBERG I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl, From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl... MAGGIE STIEFVATER From sandwich to summer school, they were the symbols of subservience and the enemies of freedom. J.G. BALLARD I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up... MORGAN MATSON When I first started thinking of 'M:i:III,' I wanted to create a summer experience. I remember my su... TOM CRUISE Spring had let go of Winter's hand and was reaching out to Summer MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer... THOMAS GIBSON Every summer has its own unique pathology, trajectory, and this is not a summer we want to repeat. N... PAUL DERGARABEDIAN I was so afraid to go out west to my aunt's ranch. But the only choice my mother gave me was to ... TEMPLE GRANDIN I think a lot of people were taken aback last summer that so much construction was happening at the ... CAMI GRICHEL To me, summer has always been about potential. This was especially true when I was in high school. T... SARAH DESSEN I was able to teach them a good work ethic, and on top of it they each made about $1,300 for the sum... LARISSA LAINE It was valuable to me that I was home with my children during breaks and the summer months. DONNA REAVES I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss. CARLOS PENA, JR. I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled know... RICHARD H. DAVIS She worked out in the weight room a lot last summer and was probably the only one who put in work th... EARL FOUNTAIN High school was just a completely different level than summer ball. Summer ball was almost just as h... MADDY COON I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing an... SHAWN MENDES I was so nervous about performing well I worked out a lot all summer. BRIIANA RENDE My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter f... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Summer and Winter were not supposed to fall in love. JULIE KAGAWA My nephews came and they were just telling him about their summer, JENNIFER GREEN In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beatin... ED O'NEILL Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book jus... MARCIA GAY HARDEN I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good... RANDY HARRISON End of the Summer It was end of the summer And my heart was broken but i was sm... ARZUM UZUN I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone. NICHOLAS SPARKS Here is the ghost
Of a summer that lived for us,
Here is a promise
Of summer to be. WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY For me it's the biggest trophy in the world and in the summer I hope to be holding it up. WAYNE ROONEY Summer afternoon -- summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in t... HENRY JAMES Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the ... HENRY JAMES Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the... HENRY JAMES Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in th... HENRY JAMES Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in th... HENRY JAMES Last summer had meant lots of Sam Adams Summer Ale by herself on hot weekend days when it seemed lik... STEPHANIE CLIFFORD I had been to Europe that summer, and they said, 'Can anybody verify that?' 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KEVIN WILLIAMSON When I was in the play this summer, and Cody wasn't, we had about 30 minutes together each day. MELISSA HUGHES I got to spend a summer while in medical school not doing research, hanging out with kids and taking... REBECCA JAFFE It's going to bring back some of the classic, bitchy Summer -- there's really sort of an 'All About ... JOSH SCHWARTZ I loved a maid fair as summer, with sunlight in her hair. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN All of our success was because of our players, and it all started in the summer. We decided that if ... JEFF HANS I actually don't think Ireland has a summer. I never experienced a summer there. It was just so ... TRAVIS FIMMEL When it comes time to do business there it will be done in the summer. Only a few businesses will be... BOB BARBATO Acting school was summer camp, and I needed concentration camp. I had so many different ideas swirli... AJAY NAIDU To us, summer was a verb JODI PICOULT I want to learn a lot of new stuff over the summer and come back and show it off again. BROOKE PRZEKURAT Grant Park has a 10-week summer season. I don't often play the summer opera (Seattle Opera's August ... DAVID GORDON I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long t... MARIA SEMPLE Sometime between when the Summer of Love ended and the Summer of Sam began, America became a nation ... TRACY MCMILLAN I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New Yor... NIKKI DELOACH My father was a sailor and our summer vacations were always on a sailboat. I had a little boat befor... ERNESTO BERTARELLI We used to do a summer picnic, and it was hard to get people together in the summer. We thought the ... DOUG LOWNIK At 11, I went to Misha's school for two summers. So when I wasn't in that school, I was taki... SASCHA RADETSKY Every year, the bright Scandinavian summer nights fade without anyone's noticing. One evening in Aug... TOVE JANSSON My Dearest Breena, They will remember us. Long after these wars have been mourned and t... KAILIN GOW In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ALBERT CAMUS In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer ALBERT CAMUS Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a hor... JACKIE KENNEDY A wild and wacky summer, PHIL GARNER I kept having chills. This was in the middle of the summer and I was wearing a sheepskin jacket and ... DICK YORK Then it really depends on how the summer unfolds with demand and summer vacations. DOUG MACINTYRE They wrote that I'd gained 30 pounds over the summer and lost it in a week because I was dating thre... YASMINE BLEETH The audience for dramas has always been there in the summer. It was there for us when we opened 'Dea... DICK COOK Summer is for surrendering; winter is for wondering. DEBASISH MRIDHA In the summer of 1964, my sister and I went to South Ballston, Virginia, to stay with my aunt and he... EDWARD P. JONES I love feminine soft shades for summers - I like pastels and bright hues, too. I like summer dresses... YAMI GAUTAM It was horrible -- hot in the summer, cold in the winter, and mud everywhere. If they are considerin... CRAIG HANEY Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of care; Youth like... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just gr... ORLANDO BLOOM Universal had all its heavy hitters lined up for summer months. Warner Brothers didn't have anything... GREGG KILDAY I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I All I cared about that summer were suntans, beaches, boys and booze. 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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may per... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Whilst the last members were signing the Constitution, Doctor Franklin, looking towards the Presiden... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; becau... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Has not the famous political Fable of the Snake, with two Heads and one Body, some useful Instructio... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I we... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy?A Republic, if you can keep it. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN We must not in the course of public life expect immediate approbation and immediate grateful acknowl... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs throug... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is ri... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A plural Legislature is as necessary to good Government as a single Executive. It is not enough that... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Dr. FRANKLIN mentioned the case of the Prince of Orange William V, during the late war. An arrangeme... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Dr. Franklin was for retaining the clause on impeachment, as favorable to the executive. History fur... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The small progress we have made after four or five weeks close attendance and continual reasonings w... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this trut... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. William Blake is my fav... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE I didn't blend well with my classmates or my teachers. BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE The sleeping fox catches no poultry. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Never confuse motion with action. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I was told, continued Egremont, that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told t... BENJAMIN DISRAELI You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parli... BENJAMIN DISRAELI You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You... BENJAMIN DISRAELI Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible, that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orat... BENJAMIN DISRAELI I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man. BENJAMIN DISRAELI Never complain and never explain. BENJAMIN DISRAELI Sir, I say that justice is truth in action. BENJAMIN DISRAELI Mr Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea,and that was wrong. BENJAMIN DISRAELI For nearly five years the present Ministers have harassed every trade, worried every profession, and... BENJAMIN DISRAELI That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous Pe... BENJAMIN DISRAELI I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole! BENJAMIN DISRAELI There are only two things a child will share willingly; communicable diseases and its mother's age. BENJAMIN SPOCK I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the mo... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God and Na... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Sir, I say that justice is truth in action BENJAMIN DISRAELI Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely... BENJAMIN SPOCK