Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance. Charles De Gaulle Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. Charles De Gaulle France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war. Charles De Gaulle I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge. Charles De […]
7 Quotations From Carlos Fuentes
I am a morning writer I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day’s writing. Carlos Fuentes I am not interested in slice of […]
Carol Ann Duffy Quotations
Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen. Carol Ann Duffy Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there’s no way I’d do anything to undermine that belief. Carol Ann Duffy I grew up in a […]
14 Quotes And Sayings From Carl Sagan
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. Carl Sagan For […]
24 Sayings From Bruce Springsteen
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don’t have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don’t deny anything, I don’t advocate anything, I just live with it. Bruce Springsteen And whether you’re drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character […]
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