"A lonely impulse of delight"

-- William Butler Yeats

#Lonely Quotes #Contentment Quotes #Delight Quotes

“I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.”
“It costs a lot to build bad products”
“There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better, tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men in boot camp.”

Source : James Brady (2007). “The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea”, p.9, Macmillan
“Meditation takes time and dedication, but, for me, it's actually just about closing your eyes and being in that moment.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Tony Bennett, you've helped us share the magic of San Francisco around the world.”

Source : "Tony Bennett Honored for 90th Birthday in San Francisco". www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 19, 2016.
“If there's a good side of Islam, at the end of the day it serves evil.”
“I love that people want to know about poetry. It's one of the ways of keeping alive.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“It is quite sad, to me, that that ideal, that vision and understanding [of American founding ], doesn't seem to be a part of the current political season.”

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