“Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi soil, his sufferings would come to an end.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (1836–1918) Hindu and muslim saint
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“Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.”
Lummox (1923)
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“Cities have a spirit and reveal their secrets if you listen.”
Lamia Abbas (1929–2021) Iraqi poet
jadaliyya.com, Oct 17, 2015 https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/32602
John Suckling (1609–1642) English poet
Ballad upon a Wedding. Compare: "Her pretty feet, like snails, did creep A little out, and then, As if they played at bo-peep, Did soon draw in again", Robert Herrick, To Mistress Susanna Southwell.
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“Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law (26 February 1937) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15373); this statement has sometimes been paraphrased and prefixed to an earlier FDR statement of 29 January 1935 to read: "A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people." Though it approximates 2 separate statements of FDR, no original document in precisely this form has been located. <br class="br">1930s
“I hope that whoever stole it, stole it because they loved it, and not because of all the hype.”
Stella Vine (1969) English artist
Lomax, Cathy. Lost Kitten http://cathylomax.blogspot.com/2004/07/lost-kitten-its-been-very-eventful.html, Retrieved 29 January 2009. <br class="br">On the painting Kitten (2004) which was stolen from Vine's solo exhibition Prozac and Private Views at Transition Gallery, London in July 2004.
