"Even when the poet seems most himself . . . he is never the bundle of accident and incoherence that sits down to breakfast; he has been reborn as an idea, something intended, complete."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Ideas Quotes #Breakfast Quotes #Poet Quotes

“You have to do disappointment twice.”
“I'll kind of tend to beat myself up because I just want it to sound better than better.”
“Can't nobody do what Fetty Wap does. So when I go to the studio, it may be four to five hours max, probably three days out the week. I used to go to the studio for 10 to 15 hours, and I would do five to 10 songs. Now I go for four to five hours and I do, like, 15 to 20 songs. I'm an ad lib guy. Most people know me for my ad libs.”

Source : Interview with Trevor Noah, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 8, 2016.
“I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.”
“Christ is redemption only as He actually redeems and delivers our nature from sin. If He is not the law and spring of a new spirit of life, He is nothing. "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God," as many, no more.”

Source : Horace Bushnell (1858). “Sermons for the new life”, p.344
“As with military campaigns, cultural warfare is always decided over the pragmatic problems of strategy, organization and resources. . . . The factions with the best strategies, most efficient organization, and access to resources will plainly have the advantage and very possibly, the ultimate victory.”

Source : James Davison Hunter (1992). “Culture Wars: The Struggle To Control The Family, Art, Education, Law, And Politics In America”, p.64, Basic Books
“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics donâ€™t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.”
“While you’re alive there’s no time for minor amazements.”

Source : Alice Fulton (2015). “Barely Composed: Poems”, p.17, W. W. Norton & Company

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