"Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything."

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Source : Philip Levine, “Everything”

Philip Levine

#Waiting Quotes #Stills Quotes

“There'll be a growing disparity between economics and politics. An economy that grows so rapidly is intractably global. On the other hand, the current political system is intractably national. So there is a growing dichotomy between a global economy and locally based politics.”
“George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived.Â He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener â€“ I think more than anyone else.Â He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.”
“A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.”
“But some of the nonsense was evil, since it concealed great crimes. For example, teachers of children in the United States of America wrote this date on blackboards again and again, and asked the children to memorize it with pride and joy: 1492. The teachers told the children that this was when their continent was discovered by human beings. Actually, millions of human beings were already living full and imaginative lives on the continent in 1492. That was simply the year in which sea pirates began to cheat and rob and kill them.”
“Thou Paradise of exiles, Italy!”
“Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!”
“My voice is an instrument.”
“I never wanted to have a profession, and I've succeeded in not having one, or if I did have one it never paid, or it's never been especially long-term.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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