"Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening."

-- Hari Kunzru

#Party Quotes #Night Quotes #Gone Quotes

“I humbly thank the gods benign, For all the blessings that are mine... The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads an opal canopy. Home-bound, the drifting cloud-crafts rest Where sunset ambers all the west; Soft o'er the poppy-fields of sleep, The drowsy winds of dreamland creep. What idle things are wealth and fame Beside the treasures one could name!”
“I am just a choreographer, and I am trying to make productions, not dance concerts.”
“When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.”
“All err the more dangerously because each follows a truth. Their mistake lies not in following a falsehood but in not following another truth.”
“I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy.”

Source : "Best Actress Nominee Jennifer Lawrence Heats Up Winter’s Bone" by Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 25, 2011.
“The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves....”

Source : Mary Daly (2015). “Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation”, p.31, Beacon Press
“The secret of success isâ€¦ to be fully awake to everything about you.”
“It's not hard work that wears you out, but the repression of your true personality, and I've found a way of working that does not demand that.”

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