"Spontaneous is what you get after the seventeenth draft."

-- John Ciardi

#Spontaneous Quotes

“The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.”
“I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.”
“We have to keep up the fight for evidence-based science and policy.”
“One who can see without seeming to see-- That's an observer as good as three.”

Source : William Allingham, Helen Paterson Allingham (1912). “Poems”
“The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility and always, always questioned authority, because without it authority often goes unchecked.”
“The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.”
“Ive never seen a more terrifying film than THE BABADOOK.It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.”

Source : "William Friedkin on why he is beating the drum for 'The Babadook'" by Richard Rushfield, December 9, 2014.
“Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.”

Source : Pliny (the Younger.), William Melmoth (1796). “The letters of Pliny the consul:: with occasional remarks”, p.20

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