"I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know."

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David Antin

#Kids Quotes #College Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”

Source : "Cutting for Stone". Book by Abraham Verghese. Chapter 6: "My Abyssinia", 2009.
“Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.”
“We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.”

Source : "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. August 1, 2016.
“What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?”
“If the poem has no obvious destination, there's a chance that we'll be all setting off on an interesting ride.”

Source : Harper’s Magazine, September 1999.
“To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.”
“I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.”
“[N]ine-tenths of the people who are in the Home Service don't want to go abroad. They are people who live in Washington and have gotten acquainted with the jungle of this town and know their way around.”

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