"It is the metaphysically given that must be accepted: it cannot be changed. It is the man-made that must never be accepted uncritically: it must be judged, then accepted or rejected and changed when necessary."

-- Ayn Rand

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“Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.”
“People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.”
“I'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural!”
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.”

Source : "In Flanders Fields" l. 1 (1915)
“Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.”
“Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the worldâ€™s goods in order to spend more time with their childrenâ€”more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all.”
“The new year always brings us what we want Simply by bringing us alongÂ—to see A calendar with every day uncrossed, A field of snow without a single footprint.”

Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.25, Macmillan

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