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Ernest Fenollosa

"A true noun, an isolated thing, does not exit in nature. Things are only the terminal points, or rather the meeting points of actions, cross sections cut through actions, snapshots. Neither can a pure verb, an abstract motion, be possible in nature. The eye sees noun and verb as one, things in motion, motion in things."

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.82, Fordham Univ Press

Ernest Fenollosa

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“It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.”
“Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you.”
“I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice.”
“Anybody can see that the little money you get is half-wasted, because you cannot spend it to advantage. The worst food comes to the poor, which their poverty makes them buy and their necessity makes them eat. Their stomachs are the waste-basket of the State. It is their lot to swallow all the adulterations on the market.”
“Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly.”

Source : Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.74
“Even today . . . experts, usually male, tell women how to be mothers and warn them that they should not have children if they have any intention of leaving their side in their early years. . . . Children don't need parents' full-time attendance or attention at any stage of their development. Many people will help take care of their needs, depending on who their parents are and how they chose to fulfill their roles.”
“Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.”

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