"When I became a poet, the Korean literary world expected women poets to sing passively of love. Naturally, this was not written anywhere, but this rule existed nonetheless. Consequently, I received plenty of serious criticism."

-- Kim Hyesoon

#Criticism Quotes #World Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.”
“I was letting go and undoing the hell I had created. By squaring all with love, trying to love rather than trying to be loved, and by taking responsibility for all that was happening to me; finding my subconscious thought and correcting it, I became freer and freer, happier and happier.”
“Living on hope is like being hungry all the time.”

Source : Faith Sullivan (1985). “Mrs. Demming and the Mythical Beast”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.”
“Solemnity is the shield of idiots”
“The modern wars are also omnipresent in our electronic media - to be cynical about it, we now have 24 hours of non-stop bloodshed available to us. The internet and real-time media reporting were integrated into daily life in Iraq.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I think that we're now deep into a struggle for control over the Internet and there are various actors - state, corporate, civic, criminal and military. The great genius of the Internet is its interconnectedness, but this is also what makes it an incredibly difficult problem when things start to go wrong with it and when people exploit for their own purposes.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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