The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.
-Alice Walker, poet and novelist (b. 9 Feb 1944)
Let it World America
Let America be America again. /
Let it be the dream it used to be. ... /
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - /
Let it be that great strong land of love /
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme /
That any man be crushed by one above.
Let it be the dream it used to be. ... /
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - /
Let it be that great strong land of love /
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme /
That any man be crushed by one above.
-Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1902-1967)
..gets to be a drag
Jobs are like going to church: it's nice once or twice a year to sing along and eat something and all that, but unless you really believe there's something holy going on, it gets to be a drag going in every single week.
-Thomas Michael Disch, science fiction author and poet (1940-2008)
without ____ is...
Life without industry is guilt, industry without art is brutality.
-John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
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