"Even the most political poem is an act of faith."

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Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. July 20, 2007.

Martin Espada

#Political Quotes

“My first interaction with William Shakespeare was an American production and there was an actress, playing Puck, who sounded like Mickey Mouse. When she said, I'll put a girdle around the earth in 40 minutes," I was amazed - the idea of Puck traveling around the Earth in 40 minutes was amazing to me. My dad, who was a scientist, I remember him telling me that Sputnik circled the globe in an hour in a half. And I thought, "Wow, Puck is twice as fast as Sputnik."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Whoever you end up with, you shouldn't be changing a thing for them. Nothing. Don't be with anyone if you can't be you. Because you're bang on just as you are.Â ”

Source : Lucy Robinson (2012). “The Greatest Love Story of All Time”, p.296, Penguin UK
“Chilli ice cream doesn't taste bad. But I wouldn't eat it again.”
“Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.”

Source : Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero (2015). “Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans”, p.15, Lulu.com
“If youre going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like Purple Rain and Thriller and those kind of records, you had to reach far above the din of cynicism and modern living to get to that place, against all the odds.”
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
“If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.”
“It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.”

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