"California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?"

-- Denis Kearney

#Sympathy Quotes #California Quotes #Chinese Quotes

“You donâ€™t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You donâ€™t owe it to your mother, you donâ€™t owe it to your children, you donâ€™t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked â€˜femaleâ€™.”
“Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful.”
“There is no little sin, because no little God to sin against.”
“It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.”
“The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?”
“Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. â€œDonâ€™t bother,â€ Esrahaddon told them. â€œSheâ€™s dead, and thereâ€™s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. Itâ€”â€ The two were out the door.”
“Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.”
“Nothing is so beautiful as spring- When weeds in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;...”

Source : Gerard Manley Hopkins (2009). “Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins”, p.29, ReadHowYouWant.com

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