"The American revolutionaries believed in the power of the word. But they had only word of mouth and the printing press. We have the Internet."

-- Robert Darnton

#Mouths Quotes #American Revolution Quotes #Revolutionary Quotes

“I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.”
“I look at failure as the fertilizer to success.”

Source : "Actor Thomas Q. Jones: Making it out of a small town and a positive perspective on failure". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“While I was watching you, exotic words drifted across the mirror of my mind as summer clouds drift across the sky.”
“THE BODY SHOULD be triangular, the mind circular. The triangle represents the generation of energy and is the most stable physical posture. The circle symbolizes serenity and perfection, the source of unlimited techniques. The square stands for solidity, the basis of applied control.”
“I never invest in anything that I don't understand.”
“One of the lessons of history is that even the deepest crises can be moments of opportunity. They bring ideas from the margins into the mainstream.”

Source : "Post-crash, investing in a better world". TED Talk, www.ted.com. July 2009.
“For many years, I hated nature. As a student, I refused to put a plant anywhere - a living plant, that is. Dead plants were OK.”
“Poetry doesn't function by saying things straightforwardly because the language is too imprecise, too limited often, to address the underlying subject of most poems.”

Source : "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

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