"A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu."

-- William Stafford

#Serious Quotes #Crafts Quotes #Jokes Quotes

“It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books.”

Source : Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon (1910). “The Biography of a Boy”
“My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.”

Source : Black Star News Interview, www.blackstarnews.com. February 29, 2008.
“I have been using the Lipo Target Massager (not every day) and the Detox Oil. Recently my husband noticed that the cellulite on my thighs had decreased. For a man to notice anything there has to be quite a big difference - so it works really well.”
“The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.”
“Not enough attention is paid to the negative side of fashion. Great effort is exerted to make people look smart, but somebody should face the fact that a lot of people never will be smart, and that they should be given some assistance in maintaining their fascinating dowdiness.”
“Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.”
“I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I've been at it pretty much 50 years, and I'm now beginning to learn how to do the job well.”
“When I shut off the verbal, I like to escape into the visual.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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