"Such joy ambition finds."

-- John Milton

#Ambition Quotes #Joy Quotes

“That’s all you really hope for from a book – that it’s going to resonate with young people and empower them in some way. I believe poetry can get kids reading.”

Source : "Kwame Alexander Q&A: Poetry Provides Possibilities". Interview with Marissa Wasseluk, firstbook.org. March 10, 2015.
“You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.”
“I really like Arsenal. But you, do you like Arsenal? Or just Arsenal with Trophies?”
“Whatever pictures are put into the world, the balance needs to be readdressed, it needs to be observed. That's why I am also really questioning what a lot of photography has done since I began. I am not saying because of me, but I mean, photographing some friends partying and publishing the pictures meant something else in '92 than it does in 2011. And I find the younger generation is not questioning this at all today.”
“It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.”
“Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the crush of people that made the West Village of Manhattan unique in the world. In a single block you could buy fertility statues from Tanzania, rare Amazonian orchids, a pawned brass tuba, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or the best, most expensive cup of coffee you ever tasted. It was the doughnuts, incidentally, that attracted Gaia.”

Source : Francine Pascal (2001). “Sam”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God's creation, made in his own image, destined to live for ever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”
“There is a crisis of leadership and governance in Africa, and we must face it.”

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