"I blessed the power which has filled my life with poetry."

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Mary Butts

#Blessed Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Filled Quotes

“Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times.”
“It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth.”
“A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat”
“My real difficulty was to become a normal person again, after having been a movie actress for so long. For me, at the time I was living in New York and Hollywood, a normal person was someone who made movies.”
“Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they appear to the rest of the world! They should listen to someone else's version of themselves--to anyone else's version! Every country knows more about America than Americans know about themselves! And Americans know absolutely nothing about any other country!”
“don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another”
“If you cannot find a group whose consciousness matches your own, be the source of one. Others of like consciousness will be drawn to you.”
“We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse”

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