"I know nothing at all about music."

-- Richard Wagner

“We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.”

Source : "Novelist-playwright Ariel Dorfman". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 1, 2011.
“Hadrian shook his head and sighed. â€œWhy do you have to make everything so difficult? Theyâ€™re probably not bad peopleâ€”just poor. You know, taking what they need to buy a loaf of bread to feed their family. Can you begrudge them that? Winter is coming and times are hard.â€ He nodded his head in the direction of the thieves. â€œRight?â€ â€œI ainâ€™t got no family,â€ flat-nose replied. â€œI spend most of my coin on drink.â€ â€œYouâ€™re not helping,â€ Hadrian said.”
“The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.”
“This is about respect for women, the judgments that women make and their doctors about their reproductive health. It's an important part of who women are, their reproductive health.”
“Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.”
“Your favorite story, whatever it might be, was written for one reader”
“People don't want to be 'marketed to'; they want to be â€œcommunicated with.”
“Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.”

Source : George Oppen (2008). “New Collected Poems”, p.193, New Directions Publishing

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