"We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them."

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Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press

Jean Toomer

“A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.”
“To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.”
“I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.”
“I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you're doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support.”
“The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.”
“Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism.”
“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.”

Source : "What Moves Republican Crowds in Iowa" by Michael D. Shear, thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com. December 28, 2011.
“In every area, we seem to have thrown everything away and embraced reality television. Its nauseating, programme after programme.”

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