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Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.


Ralph W. Sockman

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RALPH KINER All of his saves have come in relief appearances.
RALPH KINER Cadillacs are down at the end of the bat.
RALPH KINER I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact ...
RALPH KINER If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave.
RALPH KINER The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
RALPH HODGSON When the country is at war, you need to support the president.
RALPH HALL As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneur...
RALPH HALL President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less gover...
RALPH HALL I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That&#...
RALPH HALL When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
RALPH HALL I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
RALPH HALL When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
RALPH HALL I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've alwa...
RALPH HALL It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember ...
RALPH HALL I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help ...
RALPH HALL I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A F...
RALPH HALL Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, on...
RALPH GIBSON One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am a...
RALPH GIBSON First you study photography, then you practice photography, then you serve photography, and finally ...
RALPH GIBSON When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned ...
RALPH FIENNES We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.
RALPH FIENNES The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second.
RALPH FIENNES I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people ...
RALPH FIENNES