"I'm ensuring my place in heaven."

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Andrew Motion

“To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.”
“There was a time when country never used to do videos.”
“Nobody is thinking they're going to come out here and put a team here and become a multimillionaire. I don't know anybody that comes into the NFL like that”
“The struggle for justice should never be abandoned because of the apparent overwhelming power of those who seem invincible in their determination to hold on to it. That apparent power has, again and again, proved vulnerable to human qualities less measurable than bombs and dollars: moral fervor, determination, unity, organization, sacrifice, wit, ingenuity, courage, patience.”

Source : Howard Zinn (1993). “Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian”, p.27, South End Press
“Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.”
“I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries.”

Source : Elizabeth Berg (2000). “Open House: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated
“Find me playing till sunrise for 50 cents and a sandwich.”
“Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.”

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