"Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something."

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Source : Gil Scott-Heron (2011). “Now And Then”, p.69, Canongate Books

Gil Scott-Heron

“Im pretty sure that everybodys hero is Gannicus”
“Are we in love with God or just His stuff?”
“I dont necessarily go to church every week, but I am a Christian, and I believe in God and Jesus Christ.”
“A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.”
“We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion.”
“God pity the poor novelist.”

Source : Steven Millhauser (2011). “Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Jeffrey Cartwright”, p.54, Vintage
“O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly.”
“I enjoy the optimism of design, even though we can see it as doomed. But I'm telling most people that I'm not writing about design any more this year. It makes no sense at all during the recession unless you write about sustainable or ethical design-very basic things, like how to get clean water in countries with a shortage of it.”

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