"A Western writer came up to me and said, how come nobody at this demonstration spoke of German unity? I told him, because it isn't on the agenda. People were interested in having another, better GDR, another, better socialism."

-- Stefan Heym

#People Quotes #Unity Quotes #Agendas Quotes

“I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.”

Source : John James Audubon (1899). “Audubon and His Journals”
“What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die, you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.”
“The man of true genius never lives before his time, he never undertakes impossibilities, and always embarks on his enterprise at the suitable place and period. Though he may catch a glimpse of the coming light as it gilds the mountain top long before it reaches the eyes of his contemporaries, and he may hazard a prediction as to the future, he acts with the present.”

Source : Joseph Henry (1886). “Scientific Writings”
“We're all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you're truly relevant, the spotlight's on you and people are watching what you do.”

Source : "Who the hell is Eric Church?". Interview with Bill DeYoung, www.connectsavannah.com. January 31, 2012.
“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

Source : Dennis Abrams, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009). “Georgia O'Keeffe”, p.56, Infobase Publishing
“I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2007). “Mozart and Leadbelly”, p.27, Vintage
“Skating is big in Chicago. There's a lot of hockey; a lot of the boys play hockey. And figure skating is big.”
“Happiness came in moments of unpredictable loveliness.”

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