"The poems in Helena Mesaâ€™s virtuosic first book, Horse Dance Underwater, run with such speed, verve, and alacrity they leave you breathless, exhilarated, and transformed as if the purest kind of song had lifted you into the air.Â By this quickness of language finding lyric speech, Mesaâ€™s poems remind us of artâ€™s joyous and ecstatic effects."

-- Michael Collier

#Running Quotes #Song Quotes #Horse Quotes

“A work of art is worth what someone will pay for it.”

Source : Jeffrey Archer (2014). “Be Careful What You Wish For”, p.131, Pan Macmillan
“I paid a visit to Yasukuni Shrine to pray for the souls of those who had fought for the country and made ultimate sacrifices. I have made a pledge never to wage war again, that we must build a world that is free from the sufferings of the devastation of war.”
“To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever,”

Source : Chris Botti (2008). “Best of Chris Botti Songbook: Trumpet Artist Transcriptions”, p.4, Hal Leonard
“I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.”
“Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.”
“Political economy is the science of free society. Its theory and its history alike establish this position. Its fundamental maxims, Laissez-faire and 'Pas trop gouverner' are at war with all kinds of slavery, for they in fact assert that individuals and peoples prosper most when governed least.”

Source : George Fitzhugh (1854). “Sociology for the South: or, The failure of free society”, p.7, [s.n.]
“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
“Those who truly love us will never knowingly ask us to be other than we are”

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