"and if i if i ever let love go because the hatred and the whisperings become a phantom dictate i o- bey in lieu of impulse and realities (the blossoming flamingos of my wild mimosa trees) then let love freeze me out. (from i must become a menace to my enemies)"

-- June Jordan

#Reality Quotes #Tree Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.”

Source : "Kamala Harris slams Romney on housing" by Drew Joseph, www.sfgate.com. September 5, 2012.
“I'm a pro-life, pro-gun Louisiana Democrat.”

Source : "Melancon Tacks Positive In New Ad: ‘I’m A Pro-Life, Pro-Gun Louisiana Democrat’" by Jason Linkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2010.
“The idea of equal rights was in the air.”

Source : "The Progress of Fifty Years". Last public speech, to the Congress of Women at the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Chicago, Illinois, 1893.
“I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.”

Source : Stephen Spender (2015). “Selected Poems of Stephen Spender”, p.23, Faber & Faber
“Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.”
“I believe that having something new happen, no matter how small, is what makes for a healthy day, no matter how many days may be left.”
“I do think it's possible to go through life and never fall in love, or find someone who loves you.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like to live. To feel the joy of life, as Eve felt the joy of life. To separate oneself from the burden, the angst, the anguish that we all encounter every day. To say I am alive, I am wonderful, I am. I am. That is something to aspire to.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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