I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up … - John Betjeman

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My parents only played Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye. That's when New Kids came out, and we wanted to jam that. My mom was like, "Put that thing off and put my damn record on". So from old school to '90s to recent, it's just always been there.

John Betjeman

I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score.

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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.

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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.

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Norfolk would not be Norfolk without a church tower on the horizon or round a corner up a lane. We cannot spare a single Norfolk church. When a church has been pulled down the country seems empty or is like a necklace with a jewel missing.

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On out deathbeds we're not going to regret all the work we didn't do. We're going to regret all the sex we didn't have!

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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.

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Now everyday ain't gonna be no picnic Love ain't no walk in the park All you can do is make the best of it now Can't be afraid of the dark Just know that you're not in this thing alone There's always a place in me that you can call home.

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If we want our children to possess the traits of character we most admire, we need to teach them what those traits are and why they deserve both admiration and allegiance. Children must learn to identify the forms and content of those traits.

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