"The Rich arrived in pairs And also in Rolls Royces; They talked of their affairs In loud and strident voices... The Poor arrived in Fords, Whose features they resembled; They laughed to see so many Lords And Ladies all assembled. The People in Between Looked underdone and harassed, And our of place and mean, And Horribly embarrassed."

-- Hilaire Belloc

#Mean Quotes #Voice Quotes #People Quotes

“Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them.”
“I have looked for the center of the art scene. I went to Paris as a student. I lived in Venice, California.”

Source : Eleanor Coppola (1979). “Notes”, Simon & Schuster
“The present is the only reality and the only certainty.”
“The men loved jokes, though they had heard each one before. Jack's manner was persuasive; few of them had seen the old stories so well delivered. Jack himeself laughed a little, but he was able to see the effect his performance had on his audience. The noise of their laughter roared like the sea in his ears. He wanted it louder and louder; he wanted them to drown out the war with their laughter. If the could should loud enough, they might bring the world back to its senses; they might laugh loud enough to raise the dead.”
“A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.”

Source : Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony”, p.18, Harper Collins
“Whoever comes to me, will be free and equal, because I am FREEDOM.”

Source : "The Books of the Polish Nation". Book by Adam Mickiewicz, 1833.
“Not only is love blind, itâ€™s a little hard of hearing.”
“The minimum wage isn't earned only by people working at fast food restaurants and in service industry work - the average income for positions like nursing assistants, preschool teachers and paramedics are all under $15.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

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