"A world to be born under your footsteps..."

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Source : Saint-John Perse (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.351, Princeton University Press

Saint-John Perse

#Girl Quotes #Baby Quotes #World Quotes

“Homicide through gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African American males in the United States. If people look a certain way, they have a higher tendency of dying, of having their lives taken away.”

Source : "Fruitvale Station's success a 'surprise' for first-time director Ryan Coogler" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2013.
“It is the passions that do and undo everything.”
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Source : "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.
“Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a sunset?”

Source : Daniele Varè (1954). “Novels of Yen-Ching”
“Nothing is impossible to the man that can will. Is that necessary? That shall be. This is the only law of success.”
“You canâ€™t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.”
“There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.”
“I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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