"Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . ."

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Source : Zoë Akins (1937). “The Hills Grow Smaller: Poems”

Zoe Akins

#Leadership Quotes #Light Quotes #Bird Quotes

“Did I hurt your feelings again? Sorry. When this is all over I'll send some flowers to your inner child.”
“A scientist worthy of his name, about all a mathematician, experiences in his work the same impression as an artist; his pleasure is as great and of the same nature.”
“He was a very generous soul and was exceptionally dedicated to the medium of photography.”
“Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down Oxford Street recently? Misanthropy's the only thing that gets you through it. It's not a personality flaw, it's a skill.”
“On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.”
“I would like it to be a legal requirement for all businesses to be linked to a charity.”
“Don't call me Alessandro, or this could get ugly. Oh, then may I call you Alice?”
“One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself.”

Source : "Q&A: Christopher Nolan On Dreams, Architecture, And Ambiguity". Interview with Obert Capps, www.wired.com. November 29, 2010.

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