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“ I divide the world into people who want to control something and those who want to make something.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ I divide the world into people who want to control something and those who want to make somethi...

— Henri Cole, poet, in The Paris Review

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“ we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ we lift our gaze, not to what stands between us, but what stands before us.”

Amanda Gorman, poet, 2021 Inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb” When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry. A sea we must wade. We braved t…

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“Poetry is not a luxury” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“Poetry is not a luxury”

Audre Lorde, writer

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“ Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.”

Tom Brokaw, 80, is formally retiring from NBC News after an extraordinary 55 years with the network.

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“… keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“… keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the...

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.” He smashed Babe Ruth’s all-time home run r…

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“ Even though the Wizard is on his way out, Oz still exists.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ Even though the Wizard is on his way out, Oz still exists.”

Excerpt: With his vast coterie of enablers willing to believe his baseless assertions about the election, Mr. Naftali said, Trump might be better compared to the Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz.” [Timo…

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“The imagination is not a state. It is the human existence itself.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“The imagination is not a state. It is the human existence itself.”

“The imagination is not a state. It is the human existence itself.” William Blake, writer, poet

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“Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating”

“Constantly talking isn’t necessarily communicating”From the film “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”, 2004, Jim Carrey/Kate Winslet

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“A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.”

“A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.” ― George Orwell

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“After the past five years of hatred, of vitriol, I know what to do with the rest of our lives. It’s to elect moral, ethical, decent human beings to be the parental body at the dinner table of the nation of the world.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“After the past five years of hatred, of vitriol, I know what to do with the rest of our lives....

“After the past five years of hatred, of vitriol, I know what to do with the rest of our lives. It’s to elect moral, ethical, decent human beings to be the parental body at the dinner table of the …

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“At This Moment, We Are All On Fifth Avenue” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“At This Moment, We Are All On Fifth Avenue”

“Trump once said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without consequences. At this moment, we are all on Fifth Avenue.” Alan Alda, actor

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“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” Pablo Picasso, painter

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“Art is just a container you pour yourself into.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“Art is just a container you pour yourself into.”

“Art is just a container you pour yourself into.” Jerry Saltz, author “How to be an Artist”

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“ I do believe that as much as it is the writer’s job to write well, it is the listener’s job to listen well.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ I do believe that as much as it is the writer’s job to write well, it is the listener’s job to...

I take it you saw the people playing “Born in the U.S.A.” outside Walter Reed when President Trump was there earlier this month. How did that make you feel? Decades after Reagan, people still seem …

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“the sleep of reason produces monsters.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“the sleep of reason produces monsters.”

“the sleep of reason produces monsters.” Francisco Goya, painter, SpanishImage: The Sabbath of witches, 1798, Francisco Goya:

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“ Where has the America I love, and that the world used to respect, gone? How did we allow this to happen? And what can we do to stop it?” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ Where has the America I love, and that the world used to respect, gone? How did we allow this to...

To the New York Times Editor: Who stole my “America the Beautiful”? I’m 7,000 miles from home because of Covid-19. We were locked down in April in New Zealand and are still here. I read The New Yor…

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In Memory: “In times to come, when we are all gone, people not yet born will walk in the sunshine of their own days because of what women and men did at this hour to feed the sick, to heal and comfort.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

In Memory: “In times to come, when we are all gone, people not yet born will walk in the sunshine...

“In times to come, when we are all gone, people not yet born will walk in the sunshine of their own days because of what women and men did at this hour to feed the sick, to heal and comfort.”Jim Dw…

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“There was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“There was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare.”

“There was always just enough virtue in this republic to save it; sometimes none to spare.” Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State William Seward

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“Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.”

“Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.” Douglas Horton, clergy, academician

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“ Trump paid $750 in taxes and $130,000 to a porn star, which means if the I.R.S. wants to get money from Trump, you guys know what you got to do. ” artofquotation.wordpress.com…

“ Trump paid $750 in taxes and $130,000 to a porn star, which means if the I.R.S. wants to get...

“For those keeping score, Trump paid $750 in taxes and $130,000 to a porn star, which means if the I.R.S. wants to get money from Trump, you guys know what you got to do.” Trevor Noah, South Africa…

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