"Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart."

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R. S. Thomas

#Heart Quotes #Way Quotes #Intellect Quotes

“It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced by the law, but the other kills honest men who like himself bathe in innocent blood at the bidding of some superior.”
“We do not increase compassion by expanding it to cover anything. Instead, we kill a good word by making it mean too much, and nothing.”

Source : Marvin Olasky (1994). “The Tragedy of American Compassion”, p.232, Regnery Publishing
“Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.”
“If Obamacare is allowed to stand - and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory - there will be no meaningful limit on Washington's reach into the lives of the American people. That is certainly not what the Founders intended.”
“The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.”
“On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!”

Source : "Interview: Once Star Cristin Milioti Gets Into the Sister Act in Sleepwalk With Me". TheaterMania Interview, www.theatermania.com. August 24, 2012.
“The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.”
“I've heard a few times, in three or four years, this league is going to be yours. I don't like that. Because I think I'm established now.”

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