"That is what poetry can do. It speaks to us of what does not exist, which is not only better than what exists, but even more like the truth."

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Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1983). “First love”, Viking Adult

Ivan Turgenev

#Doe Quotes #Speak Quotes

“The blues is something separate from what I do. They connect at certain spots, but blues is different. I wouldn't put it in with what my career has been. That would be a whole separate wing.”
“There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.”
“Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.”
“Bill Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist.”
“I got a drum set at the age of four. I wasn't playing that well, just kind of banging around. I just wanted to play drums and my dad got me a set. I played for several years, but I wasn't meant to be a drummer, I guess. I can play drums on my own things - obviously on some of my own records I play drums. But I didn't start playing guitar until I was 11.”
“When you're hot, it's fair, when you're not, it's foul.”
“On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other.”

Source : Whole Earth Review, May 1985.
“I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. Ive got no plans to stop doing it.”

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