"Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors."

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Source : Edward Dahlberg (1964). “Alms for oblivion: essays”

Edward Dahlberg

#Writing Quotes #Farming Quotes #Scruples Quotes

“The path toward peace is much easier than the path toward war and confrontation.”
“Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemoriam in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.”

Source : "Joe Lhota: The Daily News Sitdown". Interview with Celeste Katz, www.nydailynews.com. January 18, 2013.
“Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.”
“Gay men greet each other just like straight guys do... If one of the straight guys saved the other one's life.”
“The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are the best. I'm from the Midwest, and consider myself a Midwesterner. I feel most at home there. I love California. I have great friends in California. I just have always considered Illinois to be home.”
“The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.”
“The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it, which we cut to pieces by recklessly applying the murderous knife of intellectual surgery?”
“Pop art is for everyone.”

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