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Quote by Julius Nyerere

“Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.”

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Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a prominent Tanzanian politician, born on April 13, 1922, and passed away on October 14, 1999. He played a crucial role in the struggle for Tanzania's independence and became the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964. Nyerere advocated for Ujamaa, an economic model based on collectivism and self-sufficiency. He had a profound impact on politics and African affairs. more

“Seriously, I think it is a grave fault in life that so much time is wasted in social matters, because it not only takes up time when you might be doing individual private things, but it prevents you storing up the psychic energy that can then be released to create art or whatever it is. It's terrible the way we scotch silence & solitude at every turn, quite suicidal. I can't see how to avoid it, without being very rich or very unpopular, & it does worry me, for time is slipping by , and nothing is done. It isn't as if anything was gained by this social frivolity, It isn't: it's just a waste.”

Source: Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“The poetic impulse is distinct from ideas about things or feelings about things, though it may use these. It's more like a desire to separate a piece of one's experience & set it up on its own, an isolated object never to trouble you again, at least not for a bit. In the absence of this impulse nothing stirs.”

May Ideas Use Feelings Desire Bits Pieces Trouble Objects Absence Impulse Poetic Isolated You Again

Author:Philip Larkin

“One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves.”

Knows Life Is Dies Quirks Dames

Book:Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

Source: Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica

“To start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted.”

Feels Incompetent Unwanted New Places

Author:Philip Larkin

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