"The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!"

-- Lena Horne

“These poems are a mental sketch as formed / Passage by passage of light and shade / Maintained and preserved to this point / Brought together in paper and mineral ink”

Source : Kenji Miyazawa (2007). “Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems”, Bloodaxe Books Limited
“The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.”
“If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary”, p.337, Open Road Media
“If you yourself are at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world.”
“Leaders have to give time for relationships. But more demands will be placed on their time as they become more successful. So if a person's success is based on developing relationships, then they have to continually find new ways of getting it done”
“The reason we're getting bombed is 'cause we were on one side, and we're gonna remain on that side. We can't waver because these are our enemies right now. I'm sorry. I'm gonna say it out loud. The Arabs, that's right, are our enemies. That's right.”
“Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.”

Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
“The founders of the Republic dealt with things as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self sacrificing Patriotism and as time has proved, with a comprehensive wisdom which it will always be safe for us to consult”

Source : Franklin Pierce (1968). “Franklin Pierce, 1804-1869: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”

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