"I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty."

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David Antin

#Strong Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness that results from a well-tempered society founded on mutual esteem. But the injury done my country, and the chains of slavery forging for all posterity, calls me forth to defend our common rights, and repel the bold invaders of the sons of freedom.”
“Now let me be clear; millions of women around the world nurse their children beautifully for years without giving anybody else a hard time about it. Teat Nazis are a solely western upper-middle-class phenomenon occurring when highly ambitious women experience deprivation from outside modes of achievement.”
“It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it, that means the fewest number of other people die.”
“I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.”
“If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words.”
“Into the statue that breathes, the soul of the sculptor is bidden.”

Source : Richard Realf, Richard Josiah Hinton (1898). “Poems”
“As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship. I love my profession and my science. I love the Academy and my pupils, male and female, because to direct the work of young people, one must be close to them.”
“People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.”

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