"This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern."

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Source : Barbara Deming (1984). “We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader”

Barbara Deming

#Heart Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Argument Quotes

“Creative arts, new inventions, and new ideas spring from those blessed with imagination, and magic stimulates imagination. It is no coincidence that many artists, writers, and dancers are interested in magic.”
“There's something so relentless and foul about Hitler and his people, and the way things progressed from year to year. It just got to me in the strangest way.”
“Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.”
“I am your forest, your earth, your eternity. I am your life. I am your death. I am all things forever and always. Love me. Love me. Forever love me.”
“But monument themselves memorials need.”

Source : George Crabbe, John Crabbe (1834). “The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes”, p.38
“You'll come to my grave? To tell me your problems?" My problems? "Yes.' And you'll give me answers? "I'll give you what I can. Don't I always?" I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Maybe in a few weeks? Maybe in a few days? I see myself sitting there alone, arms across my knees, staring into space. It won't be the same, I say, not being able to hear you talk. "Ah, talk . . . " He closes his eyes and smiles. "Tell you what. After I'm dead, you talk. And I'll listen.”
“I ever said back when we had our choice words I still told everybody that I respected him. I wouldn't want to have to do [Joe Rogan] job and I don't know anybody else that could do his job.”
“New York is breaking my heart. Iâ€™ve often said that itâ€™s like having a really interesting boyfriend suddenly becoming really, really into wine, and having to have endless conversations about it.”

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