#ken

You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, that's the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. That's the American story, again and again. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#american #ashes #awakening #cycle #death

I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names. ↗

— John Corigliano

#because #competition #completely #different #different people

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken. ↗

— Marguerite de Valois

#half #love #same #taken #war

I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#dead #i #never #scalpel #taken

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#churchill #cynical #day #decades #every

Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems. ↗

— David Coverdale

#been #fatigue #illness #long #most

Raw love, like raw heartache, could blindside you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#heartbroken #love

It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. ↗

— Hart Crane

#assured #been #deal #difficult #energy

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for 'capturing and robbing us. ↗

— George Vancouver

#british #capturing #declaration #martinez #robbing

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#constitution #country #defend #great #liberty