"I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets,"

-- PJ Harvey

#Film Quotes #Poet Quotes #Makers Quotes

“There can be no revival when Mr. Amen and Mr. Wet-Eyes are not found in the audience.”
“People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different.”
“From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment.”
“As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.”
“There should be a children's song: 'If you're happy and you know it, keep it to yourself and let your dad sleep'.”

Source : FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from May 09, 2012
“I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit.”
“It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.”
“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”

Source : Speech to National Student Association at Madison, 23 Aug. 1965, in New York Times 24 Aug. 1965, p. 12

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