"Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth."

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Source : Emma Lazarus, John Hollander (2005). “Selected Poems”, p.87, Library of America

Emma Lazarus

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“We shall take great care not to annoy the horse and spoil his friendly charm, for it is like the scent of a blossom - once lost it will never return”
“Words are like leaves; some wither every year, and every year a younger race succeed.”
“I have argued in favor of a reformulation of First Amendment law. The overriding goal of the reformulation is to reinvigorate processes of democratic deliberation, by ensuring greater attention to public issues and greater diversity of views.”
“I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am too good for philosophy and not good enough for physics. Mathematics is in between.”
“The most common user action on a Web site is to flee.”
“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.”
“I got a role in this movie called Freeway playing this really angry, aggressive, violent young woman who believed wholeheartedly in the truth. I had such satisfaction afterward, and I thought, That's what I want to do.”

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