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“Why must every eleven minutes of my life be filled with misery?”
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“I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.”
Source : "A Dialogue With Archie Shepp". Interview with Scott Cashman, www.archieshepp.net. December, 10 1990.
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“The mind of the people is like mud, from which arises strange and beautiful things.”
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“When I was a child I truly loved: Unthinking love as calm and deep As the North Sea. But I have lived, And now I do not sleep.”
Source : John Gardner (2010). “Grendel”, p.116, Vintage
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“Im pretty sure that everybodys hero is Gannicus”
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“I'll admit I said something I shouldn't have said.”
Source : "Rocker: 'My words got ahead of my head'". cnn.com. January 13, 2000.
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“So, have you heard about the oyster who went to a disco and pulled a mussel?”
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“And our problems will crumble apart, the soul / blow through like a wind, and here where we live will all be clean again, with fresh bread on the table.”