"Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either is enduring fame."

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Source : Augustine Birrell (1885). “Obiter Dicta ...: Carlye. On the alleged obscurity of Mr. Browning's poetry. Truth-hunting. Actors. A rogue's memoirs. The via media. Falstaff [by George Radford”

Augustine Birrell

#Blood Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Poetry Quotes

“Good Hock (Hochheimer) keeps off the Doc.”
“Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.”
“Democracy in Yemen did not stop, instead it is in a continuous development, there is no other way to follow rather than democracy, it is our national way for building up our country, it was not imposed on us by others.”
“I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.”
“Why do anything unless it is going to be great?”
“To be unforgiving is like to drink poison and wait for someone else to die!! Rev. TD Jakes (have I said how much I love ya!)”
“You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.”

Source : Address at the Republican National Convention, delivered 29 August 2012, Tampa, Florida

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