Howard Jacobson You know you are grown sentimental when you start counting the cygnets on the duck pond in the park to be sure none has perished since you counted last. – Howard Jacobson Counted Quotes Counting Quotes Cygnets Quotes Duck Quotes Grown Quotes Park Quotes Perished Quotes Pond Quotes Sentimental Quotes Start Quotes Sentimentality works by our seeing only what we want to see. Show me a university which is a hotbed of thin-skinned offence-taking, where every unacceptable idea is policed and every person who happens to hold one is hounded out of a job, and I will show you a university that isn’t a university but an ideological prison camp and indoctrination centre.
Asia Kate Dillon Whether it’s a song or a television show, or a book or poem, art is the thing that cracks me open and encourages me to go on a deeper journey to find my own compassion and empathy and humanity. – Asia Kate Dillon
Antony Blinken When President Clinton opened NATO’s doors in 1994, some predicted a crisis with Russia. That did not occur, mainly because the Kremlin understood that NATO enlargement did not threaten Russia’s interests. – Antony Blinken
Rodney Crowell Townes Van Zandt ranks alongside Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan. He inspired so many songwriters to shoot for something that’s timeless. – Rodney Crowell
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