"Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known."

-- Ruth Benedict

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“Can poetry be a form of social change? I don't know the answer to that. I do think art can have a social impact even if it may be difficult to see the effects of that impact, to assess or measure it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all.”
“The savings bank of human existence is the weekly Sabbath.”
“If we do not share our stories and shine a light on inequities, things will not change.”

Source : Ellen Pao (2017). “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change”, p.227, Spiegel & Grau
“My goals are to tell meaningful stories through songs and touch people's lives... and hopefully make a living doing it.”
“The thing I can say about Japan is they were progressive for a country that is very male dominant.”
“On motionless wing they emerge from the lifting mists, sweep a final arc of sky, and settle in clangorous descending spirals to their feeding grounds. A new day has begun on the crane marsh.”
“I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.”

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