"The subject matter... is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived in the scene that it composes..."

-- Wallace Stevens

#Space Quotes #Matter Quotes #Scene Quotes

“You come there and hang out and have a drink before the show and eat, so it's not that brutal. It's only $6.”
“Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives”

Source : "Excerpts From Goldwater Remarks". Remarks in the Congressional Record, www.nytimes.com. September 15, 1981.
“You go through things sometimes that make you aware of the really good things in life.”
“How surprisingly alive false ideas are! They even have their own evolution. At first they are highfalutin' 'truths,' then humdrum 'laws,' and finally superstitions.”
“I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.”
“Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.”

Source : Althea Gibson, Richard Curtis (1968). “So Much to Live for”
“As well have a talon as a finger, a muzzle as a mouth, as well have a hollow as a heart.”

Source : Robert Earl Hayden, Frederick Glaysher (1984). “Collected Prose”, p.152, University of Michigan Press
“I ain't gonna pay no dollar for a corn muffin that's half dough.”

Source : Kevin Kling (2008). “The Dog Says How”, p.94, Minnesota Historical Society

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