"We prate of freedom; we are in deadly fear of life, as much of our own American scene betrays."

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Learned Hand

#Life Quotes #Scene Quotes #Betray Quotes

“I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a.... thrill.....and a joy”
“I think that the media is as divided on this issue [of gay marriage] as the Obama family â€” which is to say not at all. And so heâ€™s never going to get negative coverage for this....When you have almost the entire media establishment on your side on an issue in a presidential campaign, itâ€™s very hard to lose politically.”
“Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”
“Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power.”

Source : Starhawk (2012). “Dreaming the Dark”, p.122, Beacon Press
“For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head.”
“Reverse Darwinism: survival of the most idiotic.”
“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”
“many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: in two volumes”, p.148

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