"On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people."

-- Hu Shih

#Writing Quotes #America Quotes #July Quotes

“Jump or stay in the boat.”
“Alcohol is for drinking, gas is for cleaning parts, and nitro is for racing!”
“Literature is the best way to overcome death.”
“... the estranged self, hidden with its inexhaustible potential, lies undiscovered by many people who die without even knowing that it exists.”
“Connan Mockasin from New Zealand. I met him a little while ago, I love his music.”
“We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste of time. There are so many things that we need to do to reform our Parliament and I think it's bigger than that. It's all about the sort of leadership that people are getting at the moment. They're fed up with this sorta day-to-day bickering, not putting the national interest ahead of these narrow partisan interests.”
“I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.”
“I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit.”

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