"The more I read my poems, the more I find out about them. I still read them with the same passion I felt when I wrote them as a young man."

-- Linton Kwesi Johnson

#Passion Quotes #Men Quotes #Young Quotes

“And [now] I think Iâ€™ll probably write a lot about birds. My new house has a deck that wraps around my writing room; my writing room has many windows, and outside the windows Iâ€™ve hung bird feeders â€¦ for enticing different species. So I imagine I will be writing about that.”
“When homeless people go camping, how do they know?”

Source : FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Jun 11, 2013
“I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.”

Source : "Obama, Hollande Agree on Debt Crisis Approach" by Alexis Simendinger, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2012.
“My final word, before I'm done, Is "Cancer can be rather fun"- Provided one confronts the tumour with a sufficient sense of humour. I know that cancer often kills, But so do cars and sleeping pills; And it can hurt till one sweats, So can bad teeth and unpaid debts. A spot of laughter, I am sure, Often accelerates one's cure; So let us patients do our bit To help the surgeons make us fit.”
“But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles.”
“resignation, perhaps the most stifling word in the language.”
“Tragically, the White House Task Force on Disadvantaged Youth reported that one-quarter of our young people are at serious risk of not achieving productive adulthood.”
“I do want an expensive honeymoon. Not because I'm extravagant, but because a honeymoon is a solemn, important thing ... a symbol. And it ought to be done -- well, adequately.”

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