"Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue."

-- Sophie Swetchine

#Law Quotes #Practice Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“Ive spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favourite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life.”
“He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.”
“Everybody should know that Germany will not go it alone: there will be no restless Reich.”
“How many people have you made homesick for God?”
“If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.”
“sometimes in comedy you can make the audience feel poignancy stronger than you can with tears or anguish.”
“Perhaps...I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself--a Black woman warrior poet doing my work--come to ask you, are you doing yours?”
“Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.”

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