"Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it."

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Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.210, Courier Corporation

Edgar Lee Masters

#Achievement Quotes #Immortality Quotes #Strive Quotes

“How much you move affects your strength, your power, your balance, how you look, how you think, how well you withstand the high winds and rain showers of life and how long you will stand. Everyone needs concentrated doses of several kinds of movement to remain functional.”
“That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought to be erected or established within the limits thereof.”
“Lily Brown writes with and against things in poems that are coiled up tight as springs (or snakes). A believer in the power of the line, she writes, 'I think the plastics/and sink them' then 'Where is the sand/man hiding the dirt.' These terse, biting poems will make you look around and wonder.”
“Hell, Justin and I even talking about recording a blues song sometime.”
“If you don't believe God has forgiven you, you are actually saying that God needs to do more for your forgiveness, and that Jesus' sacrifice was not enough.”
“If you want to be a person with a large vision, you must cultivate the habit of doing the little things well.”
“All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of leaping among persons, as it does at parties and celebratory gatherings. Storytelling always begets storytelling. It is difficult to watch others at play without wanting to join them. This is not only a human phenomenon, for researchers have consistently noted that animals at play are often imitated by other animals. So wherever it is possible to initiate a playful activity, it will have a good chance of replicating itself through other parts of the system.”
“Downloading a Tamagotchi egg onto my phone is possibly the loudest my biological clock has ever ticked.”

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