S Quotes
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“Songwriting is my gift from God”
“Songwriting is my main thing. I know that I'll do that for the rest of my life.”
“Songwriting is my true passion and that's what the BMI awards are all about.”
“Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.”
“Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes.”
“Songwriting is not particularly easy for me. I think it would be easy for me if I didn't have such high restrictions and feelings about what I want my music to be. I'm not precious at all when it comes to producing music and I can bring that to an artist and let them expand their horizons.”
“Songwriting is one thing that I have blessed to myself. It's a very personal thing for me, the business is very shared and you're constantly around people. So it just kinda happens when it happens and I write when I want to write and that's the way it's going to be or else I wouldn't even be doing this.”
“Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have to finish them.”
“Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day.”
“Songwriting is the cheapest psychiatrist I know.”
“Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively.”
“Songwriting is the way of perpetual want. Songwriters are the blessed/cursed people. You will never have a moment's peace in your life. You will always be wanting the next song.”
“Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.”
“Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.”
“Songwriting never feels like it's me doing anything consciously except for becoming aware somehow that it's time to let something out, or let something in, depending on how you look at it.”
“Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.”
“Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary.”
“Songwriting's a weird game.”
“Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.”
“Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.”
“Songwritng is what I do.”
“Sonhar o futuro não está reservado aos tecnólogos. O governo do povo, pelo povo e para o povo exige também uma reinvenção massiva para o século XXI.”
Source: WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
“Sonhei com um paíz onde todos chegavam a Mestres. Começava cada qual por fazer a caneta e o aparo com que se punha á escuta do universo; em seguida, fabricava desde a materia prima o papel onde ia assentando as confidencias que recebia directamente
do universo; depois, descia até ao fundo dos rochedos por causa da
tinta negra dos chócos; gravava letra por letra o tipo com que compunha
as suas palavras; e arrancava da arvore a prensa onde apertava
com segurança as descobertas para irem ter com os outros. Era assim que neste país todos chegavam a Mestres. Era assim que os Mestres iam escrevendo as frases que hão-de salvar a humanidade.”
Source: A Invenção do Dia Claro
“Sonhei matá-lo, mas, em nome da sua paz, e do que para mim estava perdido, abdiquei do projeto. Não matamos. Aceitamos a derrota. Parece um filme reles, mas o amor é um filme de péssima qualidade.”
Source: A Gorda
“Sonho é balão que insufla e desincha, consoante se cumpre ou adia.”
Source: Fábrica de Melancolias Suportáveis
“Sonia Gandhi and her son play an important part in all of this. Their job is to run the Department of Compassion and Charisma and to win elections. They are allowed to make (and also to take credit for) decisions which appear progressive but are actually tactical and symbolic, meant to take the edge off popular anger and allow the big ship to keep on rolling. (The best example of this is the rally that was organised for Rahul Gandhi to claim victory for the cancellation of Vedanta’s permission to mine Niyamgiri for bauxite—a battle that the Dongria Kondh tribe and a coalition of activists, local as well as international, have been fighting for years. At the rally, Rahul Gandhi announced that he was “a soldier for the tribal people”. He didn’t mention that the economic policies of his party are predicated on the mass displacement of tribal people. Or that every other bauxite “giri”—hill—in the neighbourhood was having the hell mined out of it, while this “soldier for the tribal people” looked away. Rahul Gandhi may be a decent man. But for him to go around talking about the two Indias—the “Rich India” and the “Poor India”—as though the party he represents has nothing to do with it, is an insult to everybody’s intelligence, including his own.)
The division of labour between politicians who have a mass base and win elections, and those who actually run the country but either do not need to (judges and bureaucrats) or have been freed of the constraint of winning elections (like the prime minister) is a brilliant subversion of democratic practice. To imagine that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are in charge of the government would be a mistake. The real power has passed into the hands of a coven of oligarchs—judges, bureaucrats and politicians. They in turn are run like prize race-horses by the few corporations who more or less own everything in the country. They may belong to different political parties and put up a great show of being political rivals, but that’s just subterfuge for public consumption. The only real rivalry is the business rivalry between corporations.”
“Sonia lives her life fully. If she dies tomorrow, she'll die happy. If she lives the way you want her to live, she'll die miserable. So leave her alone, okay?”
Source: My Beloved World
“Sonia's terribly fond of juggling with people's lives. I never shall forget when she made me go to her doctor...I can only say he very nearly killed me. It's not her fault if I'm here today. She's entirely unscrupulous. She gets a hold over people much too easily, with her charm and her prestige, and then forces her own values on them.”
Source: Love in a Cold Climate and Other Novels
“Sonia Sotomayor is uniquely and exquisitely sensitive to race issues because she is a Latina.”
“Sonic, I... I love you!”
“Sonic the hedgehog is a beautiful statement on capitalism. You spend your whole life collecting yellow rings and then hit one spike and lose them all. And there is a fat man who wants to kill you.”
“Sonic! Wait! I have to tell you something!”
“Sonic! Wait! I have to tell you something!"
(Amy’s persistent and caring side shines through in this quote.)”
“Sonically, musicians always go above and beyond in our efforts to disrupt radio. It's always about being different. Our radio is never conventional anyway.”
“Sonlu bir hayata sahip olan bir adam sonsuz bir yolculuk yapmayı sadece hayal edebilir ve iyi haber şudur ki her hayalin gerçeğe dönüşme potansiyeli vardır!”
“Sonlu bir varlık için sonsuz bir yolun anlamı yoktur!”
“Sonnet 1010
Life is but life's religion,
Life is but life's philosophy.
Books may be a part of life's growth,
But no book is handbook to sensibility.
Take no book as life's handbook,
Believe no being as life's authority.
Neither me, nor any other figure,
Can be north star to your senility.
You are but an electric eel,
You don't need second hand electricity.
Generate your own electric current,
And light up your part of humanity.
It is time to end all lies of authoritarianism,
And take the leap of living faith across divisionism.”
Source: The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo
“Sonnet 1103
Our ancestors are not the boss of us,
Life must be dictated by living conscience.
Dead people may have the right to make suggestions,
But they do not have the right to issue mandates.
Our ancestors belong in history books,
Our descendants belong in comic books.
Only we are alive to belong here and now,
Don't waste that life, submissive to books.
Too much involvement in the past cripples your present,
The same is true with too much involvement in the future.
If you are oblivious to the human condition of now and here,
Ignorance and intellect will equally end up causing disaster.
Use past and future as markers of direction,
But never as authority on living tradition.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Sonnet 1106
When an expert doesn't know something,
They say, "I don't know", without tricks.
But an armchair intellectual knows it all,
Tiktok and Insta are their clinics.
An expert's worth remains the same,
with or without Tiktok and Insta.
Armchair intellectuals are here today gone tomorrow,
with the tiniest algorithm change of social media.
My work will continue,
with or without social media.
My work will continue,
with or without internet.
My work will continue,
with or without electricity even,
so will the work of every expert sapiens.
Instant popularity vanishes just as instantly,
Today you are relevant, tomorrow you are gone.
Make a real contribution that isn't overshadowed
by the next big tech revolution.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Sonnet 1142
Naskar the scientist says,
Science that lifts no human condition,
is not science but superstition.
Naskar the monk says,
Inclusion is illumination,
discrimination is delusion.
Naskar the philosopher says,
Better lose truth, than lose humanity -
Better lose truth, than lose love.
Naskar the sufi says,
Sense yourself till
you sense nothing but love.
Naskar the humanist says,
I don't care about your belief or disbelief,
all I care about is your behavior with others.
Naskar the humanitarian says,
each human must earn their admission
into the human race with humane actions.
The spirit of love speaks of love,
no matter the faith and field.
Hate is but a mark of narrowness -
When you expand heart and soul,
whole world becomes kin and kith.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Sonnet 1143
Give me some sunshine,
Give me some rain!
Why the hell am I asking you,
When I'm the steward of my own reign!
Ship of society is sinking,
O Young and Bold, now hail the helm!
Come to the rescue of those lost at sea,
To hell with the nonsense of shame and fame!
My religion is to rescue the fallen,
My creed to care for the persecuted.
Faith, reason, nation, I heed none,
Obliterated in love heart is illuminated.
Shedding all fears both ragged and posh,
Let's go play in the courtyard of the cosmos!”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Sonnet 1144
Istanbul to Alpha Centauri,
Cosmos courses in my corpuscles.
Religion, nation, stuff it all,
Benevolence makes the world livable.
Din, dünya, milliyet falan,
hiç umurumda değil.
Sen mutlu ol - bana yeter.
Scripture, constitution, god, government,
Nothing matters to me, except behavior.
The greatest iftar is
to break the fast of apathy,
with the feast of affection.
Sin humano no hay dios,
Where there is no kindness
there is no divine intervention.
Sapiens intervention is divine intervention,
There is nothing higher or more mighty.
When we are obliterated in lifting the fallen,
That's the living manifestation of the almighty.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Sonnet 1147
Only way to grow together as a couple,
is to nourish each other's individual growth.
Only way to grow together as a society,
is to empower each other's personal growth.
Learn from Manu, Majnun, Vyas and M.A.S.H,
Absorb all good like an eager sponge.
Tradition of tribe has outstayed its welcome,
Now outgrow the fences across fearful hunch.
Na desi, na videsi,
Banna hai to bano visvadesi.
Bohot aye despar marnevaale,
Des ke par chalo sudhare
insani zindagi.
Ni local, ni extranjero,
Simplemente seamos humano.
Más allá de la patria,
más allá de la muerte,
Vivamos como un planeta pueblo.
Ni obediente, ni opresivo -
Luchando por igualdad seremos humano.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Sonnet 1152
In Korea, I am Ingan -
In Turkiye, I am Insan.
In Latam, Soy Humano -
In North America, I'm Human.
In hindi, I am Khichdi*,
A *hodge-podge of cultures,
Few have the mind to stomach,
while tribals feel perturbed.
Life is love, love is life -
all other existence is null and void.
World is love, love is the world -
all other paradigm is poison voyage.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Sonnet 1178
Five little rich tourists sink in a sub,
Wallets open without limit on a search-n-rescue op.
A 1000 migrants die each year tryna cross the sea,
Borders tighten in sheer fear with no show of mercy.
People are only worth saving
if their savings is super healthy.
50 Shades would be a Hitchcock film
if the sicko had no money.
Empathy is a far cry, life is never the issue.
While next-door-neighbor cries of hunger,
Netflix wets more tissue.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Sonnet 1284
Human chest contains miracles of the cosmos,
Animal chest contains but the brutal jungle.
Choice is yours, what shall you facilitate -
a world of brutality or a world of miracle!
Be a miracle or be an animal, choice is yours;
In your veins brews the dream of civilization.
The world is in dire need of miracle humans,
There is no such thing as miracle animal.
This ribcage ends up a prison most times,
But it can also be a sanctuary - a paradise.
Entertain hate, and you are a prisoner;
Give in to love, lo you usher into light!
Abandon divide, adopt but life.
Contain the world in your chest of light.”
Source: Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One
“Sonnet 1412
The Catholic Church is one of the
ghastliest invading forces in history,
alongside the British, French and Spaniards.
But don't confuse the Vatican with Jesus -
Jesus was rejuvenation, Vatican, disaster.
Jesus was a spirit of love and light,
the answer of his time to bigotry.
Yet he ended up as institutional excuse
in new exploits of counterfeit piety.
You say, Jesus died for your sins,
Yet you killed more people in his name.
Vatican is the epitome of unholiness,
Slaves to Vatican are clinically insane.
Not just Vatican, but every religious
institution is a septic tank of prejudice.
Till you cut ties to all authoritarianism,
you'll never sense the spark of holiness.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Sonnet 1984
Government IDs are just ankle monitors, issued
to tag citizens like dogs, or I should say, apes.
There can be governments without constitution,
but there is no government without surveillance.
When you elect a so-called representative,
you're officially signing your life to them.
Don't be naive enough to think otherwise,
and then yell about human rights violation.
Violation of citizen rights is right of the government,
it's the unspoken rule of the handbook of democracy.
Once in a blue moon you may get a benevolent government,
but 9 times out of 10 you'll end up under an autocracy.
A freethinking citizen is contradiction in terms,
no good to the grand design of democratic dictatorship.
Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people,
democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of sheep.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“Sonnet 2000 (My Real Legacy)
My real legacy is not the books or the sonnets,
but the unbending humanitarians I've set on fire.
The literature is just a vessel for the spirit,
spirit of a world united, in reason and in care.
Ceaseless slurs are daily occurrence,
Mindless hate indeed plenty I face.
Yet I've kept all vengeance in check,
Never have I ever been lost in bitterness.
I am the line that I've drawn for myself,
Can't tell you how to behave, how not.
I stand steady as the human impossible,
Rest is up to you, what to take, what not.
I don't come from wealth, nor could I amass any,
I set out with zero dollars, and no publicity.
World integration is my life's first madness -
this madness I leave for you, now it's your duty.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“Sonnet 2500
You're right, I am not a poet,
I have not written hundreds of poems;
you're right, I am not a writer,
I have not written a couple of books.
I'm sorry, I am not a poet,
I have not written hundreds of sonnets,
I have written thousands -
I have not written a handful of books,
I have erected a library.
You do not have the scales
in your two-dimensional intellect
to measure the multidimensional
Ecosystem of Expansion -
larger than tribe,
larger than time,
I am Detonation of The First
Multicultural Civilization.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop