"This, in the end, might be the greatest social good of poetry: to get us to live differently, with a different sort of thinking and concentration, even if it's just for a few moments."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Matthew Zapruder

#Thinking Quotes #Different Quotes #Moments Quotes

“And I repeat: if there is anything that can divert the land of my birth from its current stampede into the Stone Age, it is the widespread dissemination of the thoughts and perceptions that Robert Heinlein has been selling as entertainment since 1939.”
“The Moon was the most spectacularly beautiful desert you could ever imagine. Unspoilt. Untouched. It had a vibrancy about it and the contrast between it and the black sky was so vivid, it just made this impression of excitement and wonder.”
“For try as one may to expel nature with a hayfork, it will always come back.”

Source : Leo Strauss (1959). “What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies”, p.124, University of Chicago Press
“I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.”

Source : "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.
“I actually prefer soothing music - and maybe that's the skater in me.”
“When your afraid,reallyafraid, you see things you never saw before, you pay attention to the world.”
“I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk.”

Source : "Why Sade is bigger in the US than Adele" by Sophie Heawood, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2012.
“Dysfunctional states like Afghanistan need business people who are deeply rooted in their country and invest in it. They can add stability. But all development programs of the United States and the European countries unfortunately exclude the private sector, which could make investments based on profitability.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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