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“The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.”
Source : Robert Burns (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Robert Burns (Illustrated)”, p.412, Delphi Classics
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“I'm lucky and I appreciate that. I love every minute of every day.”
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“Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.”
Source : "Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame". Book edited by Tom Nolan and Mark Eliot, 1978.
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“Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader.”
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“I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into intimate contact!”
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“I do accents. Sometimes when I've had a few drinks, I speak in different accents all night long, and then at the end of an evening someone will say to me, 'Seriously, where are you from?'”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Patronizing the Arts is a brilliantly nuanced assessment of why universities must become art patrons. Learning from the twentieth-century university's embrace of Big Science, Garber argues that twenty-first-century universities must rigorously devote their attention to Big Art. Provocative, witty, and layered, Patronizing the Arts cogently demonstrates the advantages for both art and the university in this new and radical alliance.”
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“Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is best to find a person, the person who will be your mirror. Remember, only in another person’s heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you”
Source : "The Forty Rules of Love". Book by Elif Safak, March 2009.