"I will not leave a corner of my consciousness covered up, but saturate myself with the strange and extraordinary new conditions of this life, and it will all refine itself into poetry later on."

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Source : Isaac Rosenberg (1979). “The collected works of Isaac Rosenberg: poetry, prose, letters, paintings, and drawings”

Isaac Rosenberg

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“Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.”

Source : David Bronstein (1991). “200 Open Games”, p.113, Courier Corporation
“When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.”

Source : "Q&A: The Dead’s Mickey Hart". Interview with William Goodman, www.spin.com. April 30, 2009.
“Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see.”
“Tell all the fans that I completely adore them, and tell them I say, 'Thank you so much', for their love and support; and that I miss them terribly, and hopefully I get to see them or they get to see me up on the screen soon. And send my love, definitely.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every human being relies on and is bounded by his knowledge and experience to live. This is what we call â€œrealityâ€. However, knowledge and experience are ambiguous, thus reality can become illusion. Is it not possible to think that, all human beings are living in their assumptions?”
“Love fattens on smooth words.”
“Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual sincerity of disposition. Such sincerity may be esteemed a moral excellence; for the lover of truth, who is truthful even when nothing depends on it, will a fortiori be truthful when some interest is at stake, since having all along avoided falsehood for its own sake, he will assuredly avoid it when it is morally base; and this is a disposition that we praise.”
“It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind.”

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