"Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration."

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James Connolly

#Inspiration Quotes #People Quotes #Literature Quotes

“It maketh God man, and man God; things temporal, eternal; mortal, immortal; it maketh an enemy a friend, a servant a son, vile things glorious, cold hearts fiery, and hard thing liquid.”
“In this country, there is an opportunity for the development of man's intellectual, cultural, and spiritual potentialities that has never existed before in the history of our species. I mean not simply an opportunity for greatness for a few, but an opportunity for greatness for the many.”
“He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.”
“The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, & to this day I cherish an unappeased bitterness against the unfaithful guardians of my young life, who not only permitted but compelled me to read an unexpurgated Bible through before I was 15 years old. None can do that and ever draw a clean sweet breath again on this side of the grave.”
“Speed is what distinguishes intelligence. No bird discovers how to fly: evolution used a trillion bird-years to 'discover' thatâ€“where merely hundreds of person-years sufficed.”
“Just the same as I mix each track to connect them together to build a story, it's the same with the message, each scripture and passage is building up a story and a testimony in a way that's going to connect with people.”
“And guys, if you exploit a girl, it will come back to get you. That's called 'karma.'”
“My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!”

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