"Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best."

-- Yoko Ono

#Rose Quotes #Bears Quotes #Bed Quotes

“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.”

Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”
“Cheryl Ladd Special - One-hour long, one thought show of jigglevision.”
“Nobody thought about having more money than you could ever spend.”

Source : "From the Vaults: Slick Rick, circa 98-99". Interview with Adisa Banjoko, allhiphop.com. March 1, 2005.
“There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first sight of New York City - the intuition that I had been there already.”

Source : "R.V.W.: A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams". Book by Ursula Vaughan Williams, p. 30, "Musical Autobiography" (1950), 1964.
“However muted its present appearance may be, sexual dominion obtains nevertheless as perhaps the most pervasive ideology of our culture and provides its most fundamental concept of power”

Source : Kate Millett (2016). “Sexual Politics”, p.25, Columbia University Press
“The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of god, must be humble enough to learn from science what that world is actually like. The dialogue between them can only be mutually enriching.”

Source : John Polkinghorne (1995). “Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue”, p.75, A&C Black
“Die while alive and be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, and all will be well”
“Take Ezra Pound's translations of poetry from Chinese. He doesn't really know Chinese, and the very strange results that he comes up with aren't all successful, but as a whole it's incredibly successful, moving us away from familiar forms and indicating other forms we might think in or express in.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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