"I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old."

-- Gregory Corso

#Easter Quotes #New York Quotes #Men Quotes

“I think a girl always needs a cardigan, and I tend to go for the sparkles. I have a minimum of 50 embellished cardigans. I'm not a believer in less is more; I'm sort of a believer in more is necessary.”
“I love acting so much, but listening to music and making music has been the greatest savior for me.”
“One type of concentration is immediate and complete, as it was with Mozart. The other is plodding and only completed in stages, as with Beethoven. Thus genius works in different ways to achieve its ends.”
“I could not ask for forgiveness for something I had not done. As scapegoat, I could only bear the fault.”
“When the President decides to go to war, he no longer needs a declaration of war from congress.”
“The universe is permeated with the odor of turpentine!”
“Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.”
“All day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.”

Source : Countee Cullen (2013). “Countee Cullen: Collected Poems: (American Poets Project #32)”, p.66, Library of America

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