Edward Rowland Sill quotes
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“At the punch-bowl's brink, let the thirsty think, what they say in Japan: first the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man!”
-- Edward Rowland SillSource : Edward Rowland Sill, “At Dawn”
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“I send my thoughts afar, and let them paint your Christmas Day at home.”
-- Edward Rowland SillSource : Edward Rowland Sill (1972). “The Poetical Works of Edward Rowland Sill”
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“Earth bears no balsams for mistakes; Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool That did his will: but thou, O Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool.”
-- Edward Rowland SillSource : Edward Rowland Sill, “The Fool's Prayer”
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“We must do the best we can with what we have.”
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“Be satisfied with nothing but your best.”
-- Edward Rowland Sill
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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Source : Song: Almost Lover, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007
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“Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.”
Source : "Interview with Alex Cox and Tod Davies". Interview with Maximilian Le Cain, sensesofcinema.com. January 2003.
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