"And if my heart isn't in my mouth it's because it knows its place."

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Source : Phyllis Gotlieb (1978). “The Works: Collected Poems”

Phyllis Gotlieb

#Heart Quotes #Mouths Quotes #Knows Quotes

“We foresee no limit to scientific advancement in the future, and in scientific truth there is nothing dead; science is always a living and growing body of knowledge; but art on the contrary has many times run its course to an end, and exhausted its vital power.”
“One hundred percent of the time, no plea bargain, no bail, you're going to the penitentiary - - that will change the atmosphere in this culture of violence the president talks about, .”
“Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said, and taking her by the hand he raised her. The he kissed her hand, and sprang into the saddle, and rode away, and did not look back; and only those who knew him well and were near to him saw the pain that he bore.”
“Everything I have today is because of Africa, I was born here, went to school here, I work here and I'm achieving some level of financial comfort here”
“Painting is a means of self-enlightenment.”
“I've always lived out of a suitcase. I was in a new city every three months. When I was a model, I traveled the world, and as an actor you're traveling from movie set to movie set. So I've never been in one place long enough for anything super-bad to happen”
“I'll try to be careful, but I know I'm not immune, cause I just can't imagine how I'd ever come to harm with this feeling that I'm feeling as I'm drowning in your arms.”

Source : Song: Dance With Me Slow, Album: You Hold the Key
“But Vegas is really my first home.”

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