"Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that gathers a luminous energy as it moves inexorably forward. In this book she makes a strong case that art, for immigrants from countries where human rights and even survival are often in jeopardy, must be a vocation to witness if it is not to be an idle luxury."

-- Madison Smartt Bell

#Country Quotes #Art Quotes #Strong Quotes

“In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all things come to see.”

Source : Robert Pinsky (2014). “The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide”, p.116, Macmillan
“You see, Mr. President - real leaders don't follow polls. Real leaders change polls.”

Source : Speech at the Republican National Convention, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.
“My movies are not movies of answers but of questions.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.”
“The problem with the drone is it's like your lawn mower. You've got to mow the lawn all the time. The minute you stop mowing, the grass is going to grow back.”

Source : "Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists" by Greg Miller, www.washingtonpost.com. October 23, 2012.
“I'm spoiled - in all ways. I've been in a rock 'n' roll band since I was 13, and we had incredible success. When it ended, it had been so good that I just looked at it as time to try something different.”
“America needs ObamaCare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.”

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