"Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties."

-- Robert Graves

#Hands Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Your life is what you remember. I mean, some things I wish I still had. But it doesn't matter.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from May 22, 2015
“Stand up - above the crowd. Even if you've gotta shout out loud!”
“Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.”

Source : Harold Washington, Alton Miller (1988). “Climbing a Great Mountain: Selected Speeches of Mayor Harold Washington”
“I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 prints of the logo on it - why do they do this?”
“Oh! if people knew what a comfort to a horse a light hand is...”

Source : Anna Sewell (2015). “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, p.35, Mind Melodies
“Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.”

Source : "Fournier defends linking ObamaCare to Katrina and Iraq". "The Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. November 20, 2013.
“The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.”

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