"Poetry is prose in slow motion."

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Source : Nicholson Baker (2009). “The Anthologist: A Novel”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Nicholson Baker

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“Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues”
“The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.”

Source : "Why the cello is a hero". Interview With Julian Lloyd Webber, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 28, 2004.
“I do not think that we should select judges based on a particular philosophy as opposed to temperament, commitment to judicial neutrality and commitment to other more constant values as to which there is general consensus.”

Source : "Justice For Sale (Update)". "Bill Moyers Journal", billmoyers.com. February 19, 2010.
“The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.”
“All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies.”
“The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.”
“I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.”
“Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.”

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