"There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City."

-- Steve Earle

#New York Quotes #Cities Quotes #Long Quotes

“Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view. He goes from loony to weirdly logical. With him, it’s more than clever writing; his comedy is based on clear and clever thinking.”
“Know your true measurements and dress your mind accordingly”

Source : J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”
“The entrance into Zen is the grasping of one's essential nature. It is absolutely impossible, however, to come to a clear understanding of our essential nature by any intellectual or philosophical method. It is accomplished only by the experience of self-realization through zazen.”
“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”
“I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and that is a great quality. He always looks so comfortable. You talk about cars going from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds, and he is like that. He just explodes. I could sit there for hours and watch him.”
“Playing Lissa was the most thrilling, terrifying, uplifting, fulfilling, surprising, and experience of my life.”
“Take earth for your own large room and the floor of earth carpeted with sunlight and hung round with silver wind for your dancing place.”

Source : May Swenson (2013). “May Swenson: Collected Poems: (Library of America #239)”, p.675, Library of America
“In music the present is extended.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “Knowing When to Stop: A Memoir”, p.326, Open Road Media

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