"Ko Un is a crucial poet for the twenty-first century, and this is an enormously fresh and vivid translation."

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Robert Hass

#Vivid Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“We have come to a place now where our search for Truth must no longer be for the rewards; it must no longer be our seeking a creed to follow, but it must be our living a life.”

Source : H. Emilie Cady (2016). “LESSONS IN TRUTH - A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity: How to Enhance Your Confidence and Your Inner Power & How to Improve Your Spiritual Development”, p.6, e-artnow
“I had a lot of ups and downs. I always said that if I were in a position to give back, I would and I have. As my name became bigger, I started giving. You want to make that connection with people who are less fortunate. It keeps you in touch with reality. When you become a successful individual, and have a thousand tasks going on, you forget that there are people in need. It keeps me grounded.”
“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law...That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can never be too highly prized. It is that for which we have fought and bled...”
“It will kill four times as many Americans as AIDS will over the next decade. I feel that what ever kind of disability God has given me, as an entertainer and as a public figure, it is so I can be a representative for others.”
“When I began to cover songs for YouTube, they all tended to be in the super pop-genre.. as in, smash-hit songs. My writing process was heavily influenced by this - I went from a more heavy punk rock style to straight up sugary-sweet pop.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Wong, www.popcultureonline.net. 2014.
“Thereâ€™s no grandfatherly fondness in me, There are no gray hairs in my soul! Shaking the world with my voice and grinning, I pass you by, - handsome, Twentytwoyearold.”
“The day I pitched, I would drink either 'cause I was celebrating or I lost and couldn't sleep.”
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.”

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