"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-- Betty MacDonald

“The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.5, Library of Alexandria
“My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.”
“Love one another. We don't need more instructions; we need more examples.”
“When enlightened people are so poor that they cannot help others, if they speak a word to awaken the confused or to resolve a problem, there is also boundless merit in that.”
“There's so many gay rappers... They probably dis me cause I'm the straight one.”
“There were a large number of Jews who held more favorable positions than they should have, according to their percentage of the population. Germans should have held those positions.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
“I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.”
“As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?”

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