"The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse."

-- Phineas Fletcher

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“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .”

Source : Epicurus (1993). “The essential Epicurus: letters, principal doctrines, Vatican sayings, and fragments”
“We stay in the house so much because I am waiting for the telephone. I seem to be back in my teens, a period I thought I would never have to endure again: my life is spent hoping for things that only someone else can bring about.”
“If this Punic war was carried on without any effusion of blood, it was owing much less to the moderation than to the weakness of the contending prelates.”
“Put it this way: singing is not my day job.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Freshness is essential. That makes all the difference.”
“The history of art is filled with people who did not live long enough to enjoy a sympathetic public, and their misery argues that criticism should try to speed justice.”
“If I heard a girl crying help I would go to save her; But you hardly ever hear those words. Dear children, you must try to say Something when you are in need. Don't confuse hunger with greed; And don't wait until you are dead.”

Source : Ruth Stone (1991). “Second-hand Coat: Poems New and Selected”
“I loved being around live rocking music, but I never knew what to do with myself socially at a show or club. I discovered that the dance floor was the perfect place to hide in plain sight.”

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