"For me a poem has to sing out of itself and the lilt of it carries the magic."

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James Broughton

“It's daylight, the sky is cloudy, and human beings believe that beyond the clouds lives an all-powerful God, guiding the fate of men. Meanwhile, look at your son, look at your feet, listen to the sounds around you: down here is the Mother, so much closer, bringing joy to children and energy to those who walk over her body. Why do people prefer to believe in something far away and forget what is there before their eyes, a true manifestation of the miracle?”
“I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.”
“When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.”
“I see myself as a witness to humanity.”

Source : "Q&A With Lisa Kristine, Photographer of Slaves". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2011.
“The task of the leaders must be to provide or create for them a strong framework within which they can learn, work hard, be productive and be rewarded accordingly. And this is not easy to achieve.”
“I think people who worry about planetary health on geological scales are totally misguided, that's not the point at all.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“In a cookie factory, different cookies are baked in the shape of animals, cars, people, and airplanes. They all have different names and forms, but they are all made from the same dough, and they all taste the same.”

Source : Stephen Mitchell (2007). “Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn”, p.15, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!”

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