"Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:/ To make a poet black, and bid him sing!"

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Source : "Yet Do I Marvel" l. 13 (1925)

Countee Cullen

#Black Quotes #Poet Quotes #Curious Quotes

“A third volume of Memoirs is really a bold undertaking ... I cannot, like a certain female writer, say, I hope if I have done nothing to please, I have done nothing to offend; for truly I mean to give both pleasure and offense ...”
“Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual.”

Source : "Modern Music Masters: Jason Mraz". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 5, 2010.
“Navigation is easy. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be able to teach it to Sailors.”
“Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.”
“The principles of the SPD have remained the same for 150 years: democracy, human dignity, justice and inclusion. We will never change those principles.”
“So every artist and would-be artist makes this same phrase: 'I knew, I never got it said.”
“I find that half of people I meet are open and want the world to love and be loved, but there are others who are bigoted and hurtful, and want to vote for Trump.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He responds, "My religion is kindness." You might think, "Everyone's is." Everyone's is. That's true. It's not complicated to describe the goal of a spiritual life. It's easier than you think to explain it. It's more difficult than you can imagine to do it.”

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