"Long live freedom and damn the ideologies."

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Source : Robinson Jeffers, Tim Hunt (1988). “The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers: 1938-1962”, p.26, Stanford University Press

Robinson Jeffers

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“Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you.”
“Mathematicians come to the solution of a problem by the simple arrangement of the data, and reducing the reasoning to such simple operations, to judgments so brief, that they never lose sight of the evidence that serves as their guide.”
“What is a rebel? A man who says no: but whose refusal does not imply a renunciation.”
“Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.”
“I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from taking up this deadly habit and the resources they provide have helped numerous smokers quit.”
“There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men.”
“Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness.”
“There was also a sense that if he [Obama] did not win in Iowa, that it was very unlikely that he would be able to come back and win the Democratic nomination and win the general election. It was sort of an all-or-nothing bet. The stakes were that high.”

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