"It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians, and blues singers)."

Art, Survival, Poetry, Music

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"It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians, and blues singers)."

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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"History develops, art stands still."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

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"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"Music heals all forms of misery."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Only sick music makes money today."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career."

E.A. Bucchianeri, American Author

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"People may think I'm trying something new by telling stories, but they're just jokes connected to give the illusion of stories. But really, I just continue using my imagination and creating. That's what I do."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

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"Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them."

Anais Nin, American Author

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"I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute."

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"We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!"

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"Effective action is always unjust."

Justice, Action

"Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry."

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"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."

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"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."

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"No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow."

Hope, Life, Tomorrow, Resilience

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

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"Lovers think quite different thoughtswhile lying side by side."

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"Every person under the sound of my voice is a soldier. You are either fighting for your freedom or betraying the fight for freedom or enlisted in the army to deny somebody else freedom."

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