"Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature."

-- James Broughton

#Poetry Quotes #Magic Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.”
“I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.”
“Great opportunity is only as good as your preparation to take advantage of it.”
“Compared with the employed, the jobless are less likely to vote, volunteer, see friends and talk to family. Even on weekends, the jobless spend more time alone than those with jobs.”
“Jealousy is the suspicion of one's own inferiority.”

Source : Emily Post (1905). “Purple & Fine Linen: By Emily Post”
“I truly believe that Yahoo! is one of the most compelling and dominant companies in the world.”
“Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.”

Source : "Slave to the rhythm" by James Fenton, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2002.
“People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.”

Source : "Interview with Director Richard Donner". Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. May 1, 2001.

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