"All writers are exiles wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land ..."

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Janet Frame

#Journey Quotes #Land Quotes #Lost Quotes

“Monkeys can't talk, stupid!”
“If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.”

Source : Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.foxnews.com. August 29, 2012.
“At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.”
“A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.”
“You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.”
“Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.”
“One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time of night? I was miserable, and it came to me: I'm falling in love with somebody I have no right to fall in love with.”
“I don't have a 'side'â€”I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.”

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