"A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts."

-- Aristotle

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“As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.”
“Life is a process of evolution and anyone who thinks the current world order is OK does not get what evolution is all about.”
“A man will be known by his books.”
“When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.”
“I felt suddenly very young - or perhaps I felt my age.”
“The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted.... As you begin to be grateful for what most people take for granted, the vibration of gratitude makes you more receptive to good in your life.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Bernard Beckwith from Apr 29, 2016
“I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Devotion is the realization that wealth, education and power are God given gifts and not the endowments of fate.”

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