"Action creates/a taste/for itself."

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Source : Kay Ryan (2010). “The Best of It: New and Selected Poems”, p.164, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Kay Ryan

#Taste Quotes #Action Quotes

“If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?”
“Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.”
“In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.”

Source : Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books
“Love can sort of rebound and regrow and reinvent itself around a lot of things, but when somebody can't forgive themself for something, I think love sort of withers in that situation.”
“Once you were apes, yet even now man is more of an ape than any of the apes.”
“Feeling sad about anything is holding onto it. Say, 'This is something I have to let go of,' and immediately you will feel better.”
“We need modesty not only in the way we dress; we need intellectual modesty.”
“I think the production thing was a stroke of luck really. But for me, I had to do it, as it was always part of the plan. But my biggest claim to fame was to recognize those who were at the time unrecognised. Soul II Soul was like a festival to all these artists who wanted to be a part of it. We travel to all these different destinations and everyone gets off where they need to.”

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