"Oh! that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty!"

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Source : George Moses Horton (1997). “The Black Bard of North Carolina: George Moses Horton and His Poetry”, p.56, Univ of North Carolina Press

George Moses Horton

#Morning Quotes #Light Quotes #Soul Quotes

“When I started making my own music, I was more about recreating what I was hearing. I noticed that I had some control over what I was saying, and the effects that it's going to have on people. I wanted to focus more on the positive side of things, which are more in tune with my morals and ethics.”
“The concealment of art by the actor is as great a mark of genius as it is in the painter.”
“I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.”
“When you choose to write using yourself as the source of the story, you are choosing to confront all the silences in which your story has been protectively wrapped. Your job as a writer is to respectfully, determinedly, free the story from the silences and free yourself from both.”
“For retirement brings repose, and repose allows a kindly judgment of all things.”
“It was lovely to do The Knock because I haven't done anything really significant since Doctor Who.”
“I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.”
“Channel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it.”

Source : Rory Vaden (2015). “Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time”, p.51, Penguin

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