"The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."

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“One of my good friends is Christian, goes to church every Sunday, very religious. I'm fine with that and I will never judge her.”
“I think everyone should sing - it's so good for you, as it makes you breathe deeply, and it's good for you emotionally, too. It's a brilliant release way of lifting the spirits.”
“I'm a Syd Barrett fan, and early Pink Floyd, and then about two things from the rest of their career. I don't like them, really. I mean, I like the psychedelic stuff. I listen to the first albums, and even on those, they go off and off and off. Songs that are 20 minutes long. I don't like long songs.”
“People are attempting to bring a superficial reality to superheroes which is rather stupid. They work best as the flamboyant fantasies they are. I mean, these are characters that are broad and big. I don't need to see sweat patches under Superman's arms. I want to see him fly.”
“Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government.”
“When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.”
“Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.”
“It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

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