"I was a piano player before I was a poet."

-- Gil Scott-Heron

#Player Quotes #Piano Quotes #Poet Quotes

“We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come.”
“We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others. And we wish to penetrate by hypothesis, by daydream, by scientific investigation those leaden walls that encase the human spirit, that define it and guard it and hold it forever inaccessible.”
“I do hereby assert and declare that in four years from the date hereof, every sectarian and religious denomination in the United States shall be broken down, and every Christian shall be gathered unto the Mormonites, and the rest of the human race shall perish. If these things do not take place, I will hereby consent to have my hand separated from my body.”
“We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.”
“To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings.”
“It's hard to watch people change, but it's even harder to remember who they used to be.”
“I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”
“I think beauty has a lot to do with class. A bit of mystery. Rarity.”

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