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Wallace Stevens quote: "Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be..."

Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.

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There comes with every experience of temporary defeat, and every failure and every form of adversity, the seed of an equivalent benefit Napolean Hill
Did he ever--try?' Mingus shrugged. 'He was like you.' What's that mean?' Means he tried.' Of course. The ring was not a neutral tool. It judged its wearer: Aaron Doily flew drunkenly, and Dylan flew like a coward, only when it didn't matter, at the Windles' pond. So if had attuned to Robert Woolfolk's chaos. Don't tell me,' said Dylan. 'He flew sideways.' Mingus left it vague. He'd always made it his habit to protect their honor against one another--Dylan, Arthur, Robert. To say nothing. Jonathan Lethem
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening. Brian De Palma
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. John Piper
Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther King jr.
The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.' Paul Theroux
Anne Lamott quote: "I’m probably just as good a mother as the next repressed,..."
I’m probably just as good a mother as the next repressed, obsessive-compulsive paranoiac. Anne Lamott
I'm really a very weak musicologist. Wish it weren't so, but there's only so much you can dig deeply into in one lifetime, as if you hadn't noticed. Wendy Carlos
I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up! Candace Cameron Bure
For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms, and did my duty faithfully, though I never received one cent for it. Henry David Thoreau
Vision is perhaps our greatest strength... it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown. Li Ka Shing
Wasn't it his right to listen to opera, read poetry and adventure novels, go to Europe every couple of months for some reason or another, and drive his Porsche over the speed limit until he found out who he was? Anne Rice
I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it. Elizabeth Wurtzel
Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed. Carolyn Murphy
Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now. Simon Pegg