"The present indicative asserts something which is occuring while the speaker is making the statement."

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Spiros Zodhiates

#Speakers Quotes

“UNMARKED is both gorgeous and hideous. A frightening and disturbing tale spun with great beauty. Absolutely riveting.”
“The Danger of a Single Storyâ€, which has resonated with me immensely every time I read it. â€œPower is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person. The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti writes that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their story, and to start with, â€œsecondly.”
“Aint nuttin' but a peanut.”
“The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.”

Source : Interview by Patricia Kennealy, www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com. February, 1971.
“It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.”
“Real evidence is usually vague and unsatisfactory. It has to be examined---sifted. But here the whole thing is cut and dried. No, my friend, this evidence has been very cleverly manufactured---so cleverly that it has defeated its own ends.”
“Only those who want everything done for them are bored.”
“It is not faith in Christ that saves you (though faith is the instrument) - it is Christ's blood and merits.”

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