"Also, I liked John Cage's music. I liked it for its craziness, the use of silence, the boldness-anything to get me away from writing about.. I don't know what academic poets write about."

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Kenneth Koch

#Writing Quotes #Silence Quotes #Use Quotes

“For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.”
“Everything that gives pleasure has its reason. To scorn the mobs of those who go astray is not the means to bring them around.”
“Music is my religion. Music is the only thing that has never failed me. People let you down, music won't.”
“In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.”
“Honesty is nothin' compared to decency.”
“I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.”

Source : "Next Factor Q&A: 'Les Misérables' Star Samantha Barks" by Kase Wickman, www.mtv.com. December 19, 2012.
“To provide its happy people with perpetual fun is now the deepest purpose of Western civilization.”
“A man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.”

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