"I still believe in this country, that it can fulfill the destiny Blake and Whitman envisioned. I still believe in American poetry."

-- Philip Levine

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“Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.”
“What brings a real and lasting joy is our relationships with God, and our love for His other children He has put in our lives. It's people; friends and family that fulfil us. All else, fame, popularity, beauty, is so fleeting.”
“I don't know if vocally I am so great.”

Source : "I felt the song was mine" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2006.
“In the largest sense, every work of art is protest. ... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it. ... A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out. ...”
“One man gathers what another man spills”

Source : Robert Hunter, David G. Dodd (2005). “The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics: The Collected Lyrics of Robert Hunter and John Barlow, Lyrics to All Original Songs, with Selected Traditional and Cover Songs”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“As one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (1923). “Children of Loneliness”
“The most important philosophy I think is that even if it isn't true you must absolutely assume there is no afterlife.”
“I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have to say anything Italian, I'll take it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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