"You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something."

-- Bjork

“The spirits increase, vigor grows through a wound.”
“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
“You don't tell us how to stage the news and we don't tell you how to cover it.”

Source : Larry Speakes, Robert Pack (1989). “Speaking out: the Reagan presidency from inside the White House”
“Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings â€” stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.”

Source : Greg Bear (2014). “The Serpent Mage”, p.38, Open Road Media
“Whatever I was writing at the time, I knew there was no market for it and never would be, because thereâ€™s never a market for true art, so my main concern was always to have a job that didnâ€™t require me to write or think.”

Source : "Purity of Essence: One Question for Nell Zink". Interview with Matthew Jakubowski, www.theparisreview.org. December 8, 2014.
“Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow the money you need to pay the bills you have already rung up.”

Source : Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. August 4, 2011.
“Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.”

Source : Frances Ridley Havergal (1888). “Royal Bounty ...”
“The FBI has always supported big business and big government.”

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