"But I am not political in the current events sense, and I have never wanted anyone to read my poetry that way."

-- Diane Wakoski

#Political Quotes #Events Quotes #Way Quotes

“People call me stupid for treating you like a queen, but I dont even worry `cause you`re my unforeseen.And I hope that you`ll be with me, if only in my dreams. But here you are next to me and you`re glad, or so it seems.”

Source : Song: Funny Little World, Album: Fairytales, 2009
“The skeptic has no illusions about life, nor a vain belief in the promise of immortality. Since this life here and now is all we can know, our most reasonable option is to live it fully.”

Source : Paul Kurtz (1986). “The Transcendental Temptation: A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal”
“I am interested in making photographs which comment on the experience of a place as well as describe it. My position has not typically been one of advocacy for or against any political position. But I regard photographs as commentary, and that includes, at times, taking a specific political viewpoint on an issue.”
“Men who get on well with women are usually those who know how to get on without them.”
“There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.”
“One day, youâ€™re 17 and youâ€™re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.”
“Paradoxically one of the greatest advantages of mind maps is that they are seldom needed again. The very act of constructing a map is itself so effective in fixing ideas in memory that very often a whole map can recalled without going back to it at all. A mind map is so strongly visual and uses so many of the natural functions of memory that frequently it can be simply read off in the mind's eye.”
“The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.”

Source : Glamour Women Of The Year speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2014.

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