"Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey."

-- Jim Harrison

#Journey Quotes #United States Quotes #Shows Quotes

“Basketballs dont hold grudges!”
“I'm in the world where things are taken, never given. How long they choose to love you will never be your decision.”

Source : Song: Thank Me Now, Album: Thank Me Later, 2010
“Marriage is ridiculous.”
“I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a strange place.”

Source : "Scott Speedman for “xXx: State of the Union”". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 26, 2005.
“I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just really one thing. Those are the American music and that is the American culture.”

Source : FaceBook post by Etta James from Jun 16, 2012
“The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”
“Poetry and prison have always been neighbors.”
“I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.”

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