"Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies."

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Source : James Stephens (1962). “A James Stephens Reader”

#Bird Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Able Quotes

“Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.”
“So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.”
“Once in one's life, for one mortal moment, one must make a grab for immortality; if not, one has not lived.”
“Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual.”

Source : Isadora Duncan (1909). “The Dance”
“These new bands sound like Gang of Four â€” if Gang of Four sucked.”
“I therefore take the liberty of proposing for this hypothetical new atom, which is not light but plays an essential part in every process of radiation, the name photon.”
“I watched Master Class with Lorne Michaels on OWN. How can somebody produce a sketch show and talk for an hour and not say something even slightly amusing, or sarcastic, or ironic, or interesting, or informative? 'My mission as a producer is to encourage creativity.' Mission accomplished.”
“Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting suspicion on this world. Jesus is the greatest friend of the earth-Jesus who again and again, in the original spirit of Judaism, proclaimed love for the soil and love for the land. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he said, "for they shall possess the earth."”

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