"As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note."

-- Seamus Heaney

#Reality Quotes #Citizens Quotes #Notes Quotes

“Soap opera rappers, all these ***** sound like 'All My Children'.”
“There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart”

Source : Washington Irving (2013). “The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon”, p.111, Jazzybee Verlag
“The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform. It can follow analysis; but it has no power of anticipating any analytical relations or truths. Its province is to assist us to making available what we are already acquainted with.”
“You've got to be hard, like the rock in that old rock & roll.”
“"...One can learn to focus on 'opportunity' as the gift within every given moment. This attitude towards life always improves the situation. Even in times of sickness, someone who habitually practices grateful living will look for the opportunity that a given moment offers and use it creatively."”
“When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out for "refudiate," which seemed to combine refute and repudiate. One favourite Bushism was "misunderestimate."”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Anyway, what is the soul but a dream of itself?”

Source : Alicia Ostriker (1982). “A Woman Under the Surface: Poems and Prose Poems”, p.47, Princeton University Press
“Don't try to be all things to all people. Concentrate on selling something unique that you know there is a need for, offer competitive pricing and good customer service.”

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