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“Popcorn-can cover / screwed to the wall / over a hole / so the cold / can't mouse in.”
Source : Lorine Niedecker (2002). “Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works”, p.218, Univ of California Press
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“I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.”
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“I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.”
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“My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.”
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“"Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do not mourn over their crimes!”
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“Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.”
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“You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.”
Source : David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”
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“In effective literature, ideas emerge from matter, not the other way around. So I squeeze the dirt for all it's worth and watch the sparks and diamonds fly. Add to this, the lubrication which music can provide, and you've got a workable literary form. Even when we reach the stars, we'll still be gazing down into the gutter.”
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“When we teach a child to sing or play the flute, we teach her how to listen. When we teach her to draw, we teach her to see. When we teach a child to dance, we teach him about his body and about space, and when he acts on a stage, he learns about character and motivation. When we teach a child design, we reveal the geometry of the world. When we teach children about the folk and traditional arts and the great masterpieces of the world, we teach them to celebrate their roots and find their own place in history.”
Source : Jane Alexander (2007). “Command Performance: An Actress in the Theater of Politics”, p.322, Da Capo Press
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“My father taught me that a bill is like a crying baby and has to be attended to at once.”
