"I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach adulthood, we are closed and set in our attitudes. The chances of a poet reaching us are very slim. But I can open a child's imagination, develop his appetite for poetry, and more importantly, show him that poetry is a natural part of everyday life. We all need someone to point out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. That's the poet's job."

-- Arnold Adoff

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“It's very, very rare you find something really original and also because a lot of original stuff, most of the time has no chance, because it's so expensive to make something famous or put it in people's head that it's the one to see, it's like awareness has to be almost like at 80% or 90% if you make an expensive summer movie and that's very hard to do with anything an the White House naturally is in itself some sort of a trademark.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's going to be fine, the body will repair itself. There will be another chance. But I'm 33 now. The body won't keep repairing itself. You know when you can flick a coin and catch it on your elbow, and flick it up and catch it on the back of your head? And then you can't even catch it with two hands any more. You realise something is wrong ...”

Source : "Pete Doherty on heroin, life in Paris and his new film". Interview with Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2012.
“Civilization could not exist until there was written language, because without written language no generation could bequeath to succeeding generations anything but its simpler findings.”
“If one is of the masculine gender, a poodle is the insignia of one's deviation.”

Source : Mart Crowley (2003). “The Band Plays: The Boys in the Band [and Its Sequel] The Men from the Boys”, p.87, Taylor & Francis
“The death of Satan was a tragedy For the imagination.”
“Certain type of actresses get younger instead of older. I always say, 'Only ingenues age.'”
“Distance might not solve anything, no matter how far you run.”
“Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.”

Source : "Honor the Earth: The Triple Crown of Pipeline Rides". Short documentary narrated by Winona LaDuke, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2013.

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