"And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard.You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore?May you know it yet ten more."

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Source : John Crowe Ransom (1978). “Selected Poems”

John Crowe Ransom

#Gentleman Quotes #May Quotes #Blades Quotes

“Freedom is much more complicated than servitude.”

Source : Caryl Rivers (1991). “More joy than rage: crossing generations with the new feminism”, Univ Pr of New England
“I don't do intoxicants on tour too often. It slows me down mentally, and it feels like killing brain cells.”

Source : "Toro Y Moi". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. January 18, 2013.
“Justin Broadrick has stated that the drum machine sound was heavily influenced by hip hop artists in the late 80s, particularly the beat on â€œChristbait Risingâ€ which Broadrick was quoted as saying, â€œIt was my attempt at copying the rhythm sample on 'Microphone Fiend' by Eric B & Rakimâ€.”
“Negroid traits, dark skin, flat, thick nose.”
“I made a list of things I have to remember and a list of things I want to forget, but I see they are the same list.”

Source : Linda Pastan (2009). “給要離家的女兒”, p.44, 書林出版有限公司
“The Spirit never makes men the instruments of converting others until they feel that they cannot do it themselves; that their skill in argument, in persuasion, in management, avails nothing.”
“I take my fun very seriously, whether it's playing the drums or acting in comedy bits. The need to be disciplined about it, and not take it lightly, and not be too casual, is something I take deeply to heart.”
“The art of pleasing is the art of deception.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". Book by John Bartlett, 1919.

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