"However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole."

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Source : "The Life of Poetry". Book by Muriel Rukeyser. Chapter One: "The Fear of Poetry", 1949.

Muriel Rukeyser

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“By that time this society is going to be completely different for one thing. Your own son or your own son's son is not going to have the needs for money that you feel you have now. The society itself will be less dependent on money and currency to get along.”
“The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern Europe, Poland might just as well be affected. In this case we are dealing with mechanisms that we do not control. We need to change that.”
“If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I might try that one thing, you know, that thing people do when their eyes get all wet and stupidâ€”whatâ€™s it called? Crying? Or NOT. I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you wonâ€™t punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child.”
“There are things you can't back down on, things you gotta take a stand on. But it's up to you to decide what them things are. You have to demand respect in this world, ain't nobody just gonna hand it to you. How you carry yourself, what you stand for--that's how you gain respect. But, little one, ain't nobody's respect worth more than your own.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2004). “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.128, Penguin
“I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'”
“There's no way I'm going to Jersey without my hair gel, can't leave without my gel.”
“There's just something extraordinary about that Selma Hayek.”

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