"People need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that."

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Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.

Joan Larkin

#Inspiration Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I came to realize that we donâ€™t raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women.”
“And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.”
“I'm afraid to live and afraid to die.”
“If anyone does not refrain from the love of money, he will be defiled by idolatry and so be judged as if he were one of the heathen.”
“Nature is another important aspect of nourishing the soul. After a hike in the mountains where we live, for instance, I feel a remarkable sense of gratitude and awe. My mind quiets down and allows me to see more clearly the beauty of creation. And through that gratitude, the beauty of the universe is reflected back to the creator.”
“People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.”
“In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was a member of the Jewish faith, the Jewish community. One time, when I was giving a reading at a school, someone asked me: "If it was so dangerous to be Jewish, why didn't you convert to Christianity?" My response was: "It's not as easy you think. When you're a Jew, you're a Jew.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Damn to him who ever lived to wear a Halter!”

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