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POPSWhitman quote & image
American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world. Whitman was inspired to begin Leaves of Grass after reading an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson which expressed a need for a uniquely American poet. When the book was first published, Whitman sent a copy to Emerson, whose praiseful letter of response helped launch the book to success. Whitman’s hero, Abraham Lincoln, read and enjoyed an early version of Leaves of Grass. Despite such high recommendations, Whitman faced charges of obscenity and immorality for his work, but this only led to increased popularity of the book. Whitman continually revised and republished Leaves of Grass throughout his lifetime, notably
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POPSBertolt Brecht Quote Collage "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928. A moritat (from mori meaning "deadly" and tat meaning "deed") is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels The Brecht-Weill version of the character was far more cruel and sinister, and has been transformed into a modern anti-hero. The opera opens with the moritat singer comparing Macheath (unfavorably) with a shark, and then telling tales of his robberies, murders, rapes, and arson.
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POPSsuccess+failure Churchill quote+vid and pour le digestif: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else. " * all scripts by sir Winston Churchill.. -)
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POPScreative ads photos quote & art better watch photos in large scale. Banksy is a pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. He is believed to be a native of Yat, near Bristol. but there is substantial public uncertainty about his identity and personal and biographical details.
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POPSWhat a Lady I'd like to take credit for this clip, but someone sent it to me because it was their favorite quote. Someone who had a lot of great ideas that I'm looking forward to hearing more of in the future. Go for it honey. :)
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POPSSartre - A new syncopated Quote the syncopated quote, which i will do my best to clip from time to time .. -) are aim to bring a syncope in the inevitable monotony of our life. And of course to try present some wit & some humor (4 the sake of some forsaken joy to come forth) .. :-)
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POPSGroucho Marx - A Quote Collage Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes? .... :-) (Groucho Marx) pictures in order of appearance: French human rights declaration 1789 American bill of rights 1791 American boys bill of rights ad from 1947
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POPSMikhail Bakunin - Anarchism - Quote Collage i found interesting how this man considered as the father of anarchism tells about authority or better say about respect. an impossible person, with impossible ideas, pointing an utopian society or a total chaos .. ?? ..
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POPSJefferson - Quote Collage dear clipper.. i would like 2 re-mark that these Quotes i try send from time 2 time, are an experiment 2collect sayings & maxims that may enhance wit wisdom & humor, and may correspond with the spirit of Einstein`s words: " I am a deeply religious nonbeliever. This is somewhat new kind of religion. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that nothing to do with mysticism. I don`t try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it."
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POPSLuis Borges - A new Quote " The great American writer Herman Melville says somewhere in The White Whale that a man ought to be “a patriot to heaven,” and I believe it is a good thing, this ambition to be cosmopolitan, this idea to be citizens not of a small parcel of the world that changes according to the currents of politics, according to the wars, to what occurs, but to feel that the whole world is our country. " —Jorge Luis Borges, “Homage to Victoria Ocampo”, in Borges en Su
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POPSMohandas Gandhi - Quote Collage this great man wisely and humbly also said: "Whatever you do is insignificant, but it is important that you do it ." & "* Self-respect knows no considerations. " Good night & Good luck .. :-)
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POPSNikos Kazantzakis Quote Collage 1. the above quote is graven on Kazantzakis tombstone 2. " They think of me as a scholar, an intellectual, a pen-pusher. And I am none of them. When I write, my fingers get covered not in ink, but in blood. I think I am nothing more than this: an undaunted soul. " Words Nikos Kazantzakis used to describe himself in 1950.
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POPSWhitman Quote Collage Whitman : " I CELEBRATE myself; And what I assume you shall assume; For every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you. " Taklamakan : "Desert of Death" ; "place of no return" ; "if you go in you won`t come out"
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POPSBernard Shaw Quote Collage if you look closely you may certainly find that it is just a hair's breadth that differs between a great believer & a mad man ....... :-)
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