Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer
Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer
Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Ben Harper (1969) singer-songwriter and musician
Take My Hand.
Song lyrics, There Will Be a Light (2004)
“A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990) Canadian eductor
“I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you sir.”
Allen West (politician) (1961) American politician; retired United States Army officer
Republican Rep. Allen West: “I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare”
Blogging Blue
2011-05-20
http://bloggingblue.com/2011/05/20/republican-rep-allen-west-i-will-take-my-hands-off-medicare-when-there-is-no-medicare/
2011-06-07
To an audience member chanting "Hands off Medicare!"
2010s
“I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.”
Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
“I'm becoming
the street.
Who are you in love with?
me?
Straight against the light I cross.”
Frank O'Hara (1926–1966) American poet, art critic and writer
“Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy Cross I cling”
Augustus Toplady (1740–1778) British divine
The last lines of this stanza are also reported as: "Foul, I to the fountain fly : Wash me, Saviour, or I die!"
Rock of Ages (1763)
Context: Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to thy Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for Dress,
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Vile, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Saviour, or I die!