"We as a country have to do some soul-searching."

-- Barack Obama

#Country Quotes #Soul Quotes #Soul Searching Quotes

“But why is it that in music, anything more than 5 years old - apart from a few hits - is never played on radio to the young public?”
“He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.”
“Of all the joyous motives of school life, the love of knowledge is the only abiding one; the only one which determines the scale, so to speak, upon which the person will hereafter live.”

Source : Charlotte Mason (2013). “School Education”, p.202, Simon and Schuster
“I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.”
“blessing the boats (at saint maryâ€™s) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that”

Source : Lucille Clifton (1991). “Quilting: poems, 1987-1990”, BOA Editions Ltd.
“The longest suicide note in history.”

Source : Describing the Labour Party's 'New Hope for Britain' (1983), in Denis Healey 'The Time of My Life' (1989) ch. 23
“Depression is all about if you loved me you would. As in, if you loved me you would stop doing your schoolwork, stop going out drinking with your friends on a Saturday night, stop accepting starring roles in theater productions, and stop doing everything besides sitting here by my side and passing me Kleenex and aspirin while I lie and creak and cry and drown myself and you in my misery.”
“I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up.”

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