"I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy, A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen."

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Source : Richard Harris Barham (2013). “The Ingoldsby Legends, Volume 2”, p.142, SpringStreet Books, LLC

Richard Harris Barham

#Men Quotes #Boys Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I only dance when I go out.”
“If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination”
“Those who have been intoxicated with power... canÂ never willingly abandon it.”
“People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the fault of the subject matter that creates the obsession, I don't think.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“An artist’s work is almost entirely inquiry based and self-regulated. It is a fragile process of teaching oneself to work alone, and focusing on how to hone your quirky creative obsessions so that they eventually become so oddly specific that they can only be your own.”
“The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.”
“Student loan debt is crushing young people. And so they're not doing the things we would expect them to do. They're not moving out of their parents' homes in as big a numbers, they're not saving up money for down payments, they're not buying homes or cars or starting small businesses or doing any of the things that help move this economy forward.”
“My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.”

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