"When you saw the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," that was Michael [Jackson]'s story write large. Born as an elderly person, Benjamin Button was, in the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel and in the film starring Brad Pitt, he dies as a newborn child. Michael Jackson's childhood was one of enormous, prodigious production.He was a child prodigy, he was a wunderkind."

-- Michael Eric Dyson

#Children Quotes #Writing Quotes #Elderly Quotes

“I think those of us who use language are always trying for this, trying to keep everything from floating away by trying to write about it despite failure.”
“A great pair of shoes can make a $20 outfit look like couture, and a poorly constructed pair of shoes can make couture look like a cheap knockoff.”
“I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.”
“If there is a mutual respect between players and coaches, that keeps the team honest and makes for a very healthy environment which in turn promotes other important qualities such as work ethic, integrity and a positive atmosphere for competing and winning.”
“Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.”
“A person can run for years but sooner or later he has to take a stand in the place which, for better or worse, he calls home, and do what he can to change things there.”

Source : Paule Marshall (1983). “Reena and Other Stories”, p.206, Feminist Press at CUNY
“Ideology is the sterner face of myth and we're a myth-making people.”

Source : Diana Trilling (1981). “Mrs. Harris: the death of the Scarsdale diet doctor”, Harcourt
“I rarely think the market is right. I believe non dividend stocks aren't much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it.”

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