"Written by a sponge dipped in warm milk and sprinkled with sugar."

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John Ciardi

#Sugar Quotes #Milk Quotes #Sponges Quotes

“Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.”
“To bend and prostrate oneself to express sentiments of respect, appears to be a natural motion.”
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer...”
“When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused. A top executive was reported to have said, He's nobody. We took him from nobody. We lavished him with lessons and publicity and now he's the most desired man in the world. Who taught him how to walk? We straightened his teeth and capped them into that smile. We taught this dumb cluck how to depict great emotions, and now he wants a piece of the action? Never!”
“When you make art, those things change shape into something else. It's transformation into a body of different visual elements.”
“Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you ,just keep on believing in yourself and turn it in to something positive.”

Source : "Jack Wilshere out for three months as Arsène Wenger's injury list grows" by David Hytner, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2014.
“Colors were dynamite for us.”
“I have lived in the United States for half of my life, my entire adult life.”

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