"How shall the soul of a man be larger than the life he has lived?"

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Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.166, Prestwick House Inc

Edgar Lee Masters

#Men Quotes #Soul Quotes

“All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some kid who thinks they're so punk because they have a purple mohawk”
“Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered with mortals he enters upon the heritage of a diviner life.”
“Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.”
“Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.”
“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.”
“I think we need to remember...that a lot of energy was put into changing things to get us to the point where we are now. But being where we are now doesn't mean that we don't have to put in the same kind of energy to get us to a place where we ought to be.”
“Ben Stiller isn't funny - honest. Ben Stiller is very funny, and smart, and cute, too, in a neurotic, New York kind of way.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My video game character is a bit better looking than me, actually. I don't think he has to worry about his hair getting messed up.”

Source : "Lleyton Hewitt: Top Spin Intreview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. November 20, 2003.

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