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Quote by W. S. Merwin

“I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring.”

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W. S. Merwin is a renowned American poet, born on September 30, 1927. His poetry is known for its profound philosophy and unique style, which has won him a wide audience. more

“Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say so--told me I was good. At anything. It was a turning point in my life. I went to bed thinking about acting. I woke up thinking about acting. It was like the roof had come off my life!”

Thinking Firsts Real Father Acting Talent Bed First Time Roof Turning Points Real Talent

Author:Jane Fonda

“Now keep in mind that I'm an artist and I'm sensitive about my sh*t”

Mind Artist Sensitive

Author:Erykah Badu

“In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was taken up by boutique owners (one of the fanciest clothes stores in London is called Che Guevara). There is no faster way of destroying a man or mocking his ideas than making him fashionable. That Che succeeded in influencing dress-designers was part of his tragedy.”

Men Way Ideas Taken Fate Influence Style Clothes Tragedy Dresses Intention Forgotten London Stores Faster Designer Owners Destroying Collapse Fashionable

Author:Paul Theroux

“We have power... Our power isn’t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system; these are authoritarian systems... they have power... but it’s not reality. The power of our intelligence, individually or collectively IS the power; this is the power that any industrial ruling class truly fears: clear coherent human beings.”

“Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also the dictatorship of the benevolent state, which takes possession of the family, and of the indigent, and claims our young for war?”

Men War States Young Vision Clear Hero Claims Saint Possession Dictatorship Greatest Gifts Benevolent Proletariat Clear Vision

Author:Dorothy Day

“Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action. As long as you gotta sit-down philosophy, you’ll have a sit-down thought pattern, and as long as you think that old sit-down thought you’ll be in some kind of sit-down action.”

Thinking Kind Long Philosophy Action Attitude Goes On Behavior Patterns Change Your Attitude Change Your Thoughts Behavior Patterns

Author:Malcolm X

“I am torn between the beauty of the natural world, which you see all around us, and the idea that some dumb tornado could blow a telephone pole onto my sweet Camaro.”

World Ideas Natural Sweet Blow Dumb Torn Telephones Natural World Tornadoes Camaro

Author:Werner Herzog

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