"For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities, which are not always forgiven after he has repented and become ashamed of them."

-- Robert Southey

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“Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.”
“We love to live a simple life... we simply love the life we live though some would say it's hard.”

Source : "A Picnic of Poems: In Allah's Green Garden". Book by Dawud Wharnsby, 2011.
“The president and others say that if we leave, it will just be chaos in Iraq. Well, right now when you come to Iraq, you can't even drive from the airport to the Green Zone.”
“I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.”
“Let my heart be broken with the things that break God's heart.”
“I've never done too much inquiry into angels.”
“Courtesy is the bedrock of social interchange. No matter what you're doing, even if you're fomenting revolution, you can still be courteous.”

Source : Joan M. Drury (2000). “Those Jordan Girls”, Spinsters Ink Books
“What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.”

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