"It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion."

-- Abraham Lincoln

#Tasks Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Causes Quotes

“I think of a movie as a human body. You can feel the pump of the heart and the blood going through the veins when you watch that scene.”

Source : Source: www.rogerebert.com
“The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.”
“People dread silence because it is transparent; like clear water, which reveals every obstacleâ€”the used, the dead, the drowned, silence reveals the cast-off words and thoughts dropped in to obscure its clear stream. And when people stare too close to silence they sometimes face their own reflections, their magnified shadows in the depths, and that frightens them. I know; I know.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Scented gardens for the blind: a novel”, George Braziller
“Gymn says your fine. He's examined your internal organs and found nothing lacking.”
“I feel pretty good. My body actually looks like an old banana, but it's fine.”
“The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.”
“Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself”
“The artist's work, it is sometimes said, is to celebrate. But really that is not so; it is to express wonder. And something terrible resides at the heart of wonder. Celebration is social, amenable. Wonder has a chaotic splendor.”

Source : Patricia Hampl (1993). “Spillville: A Collaboration”, Milkweed Editions

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