"Longfellow is to poetry what the barrel-organ is to music."

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Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1968). “Van Wyck Brooks: the early years: a selection from his works, 1908-1921”

Van Wyck Brooks

#Barrels Quotes #Organs Quotes

“The government does a lot of stuff that it shouldn't do - the Department of Education, for instance.”
“Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue”
“I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.”
“I got started in 1995, working in a group called The Cash Money Click.”
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
“That's partly the success of my work-the ability to have a young black girl walk into the Brooklyn Museum and see paintings she recognizes not because of their art or historical influence but because of their inflection, in terms of colors, their specificity and presence.”

Source : Interview with M.I.A., www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.
“We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.”
“When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.”

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