"The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time."

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Source : Imamu Amiri Baraka (1966). “Home: Social Essays”, New York : Morrow

Amiri Baraka

#People Quotes #Landscape Quotes #Ownership Quotes

“When we get hung up on the non-essentials, the essentials have no opportunity to make a significant appearance.”

Source : Dwight Edwards (2013). “Releasing the Rivers Within: The Exhilaration of Utter Dependence on God”, p.104, WaterBrook
“I'm weak cause I believe you and I'm mad because I love.”

Source : Song: Foolish, Album: Ashanti, 2002
“I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration.”
“Later scientific theories are better than earlier ones for solving puzzles in the often quite different environments to which they are applied. That is not a relativist's position, and it displays the sense in which I am a convinced believer in scientific progress.”
“I keep plastering it until it comes around to what I want, in terms of all I know and think about painting now, as well as in terms of the initial observation.”
“Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it.”
“Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.”
“It costs $2,500 to purchase a song and I know from experience that I like to score with songs.”

Source : Source: www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk

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