"An abyss seems to have opened between the intellectual cosmopolites of culture and the people, hungry for word and meaning."

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Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.231, Feminist Press at CUNY

Meridel Le Sueur

#People Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #Culture Quotes

“...The key to playing with any group is you listen all the time and you listen more than you play.”
“When in doubt, leave it out.”

Source : "Joshua Bloch: A conversation about design". Interview with Bill Venners, www.javaworld.com. January 4, 2002.
“Good Friday was the worst Friday until Sunday.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 25, 2016
“You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.”
“They don't allow a dying on the highway. No Passing. They give you a ticket if you die on the highway.”
“I and you-We are infinate, rich, large, contradictory, living, breathing miracles-free human beings, children of God and the everlasting universe. That's what we do.”
“I wonder if this is how is is with all evil men, that to someone, they look just like good men, talk like good men, are just as likable as good men.”
“The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air.”

Source : "Shining a Light in the Darkness" by Dean Ornish, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2012.

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