"Politics is a word spelled N-O-W."

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Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”

Alexis De Veaux

#Politics Quotes

“When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.”
“Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.”
“Physical attraction that strong is addictive. And knowing that kind of magic isnâ€™t just a fantasy makes me want to find it again. But what about being with someone who makes me a better person? What about sharing my life with someone who adores me as much as I adore him, whom I can always count on, who helps me find my way when Iâ€™m lost?”
“The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.”
“I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night ...”
“I'm always on duty, so I tend to wear suits. I've got double-breasted and single-breasted, mostly dark blues and grays. I'm obsessed with them, and I always have been.”

Source : "How I Dress now: Charlie Siem". www.esquire.com. March 07, 2013.
“First-generation children were strongly influenced by their immigrant parents approach to choice. For them, choice was not just a way of defining and asserting their individuality, but a way to create community and harmony by deferring to the choices of people whom they trusted and respected.”
“Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.”

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