“A pampered menial drove me from the door.”
The Beggar, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). This line originally began, "A liveried servant", and was altered as above by Goldsmith. Forster, Life of Goldsmith, vol. i. p. 215 (5th edition, 1871).
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“Unscrew the locks from the doors!
Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!”
Source: Leaves of Grass
“A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.”
Se me abre una puerta, entro y me hallo con cien puertas cerradas.
Voces (1943)

"Conversation with a Stone"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Salt (1962)

On her considering a future run for the office of President of the United States, November 10, 2008 http://alaskareport.com/news1108/x61753_palin_2012.htm
2014

"The Long and Winding Road" from Let It Be (1970)
Lyrics, The Beatles

“Shut not your doors to me proud libraries.”
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