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“Trinidad Theatre Workshop”

“I never thought I would see the day when America would become so self-centered and hypocritical. I mean if democracy considers liberal to be a term of abuse, then we should be terrified. A liberal is someone who belives in liberty. And if it is wrong to be liberal, then the other side has to be facist.”

“I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures; it is not inhibited by flourish; it is a rhetorical society; it is a society of physical performance; it is a society of style.”

“Boston Playwrights' Theatre”

“Good science and good art are always about a condition of awe … I don’t think there is any other function for the poet or the scientist in the human tribe but the astonishment of the soul.”

“Lannan Foundation Reading and Conversation With Glyn Maxwell”

Resonant Thoughts

"Ask yourself: "Do I police what people say for political propriety? … do I scrutinize great literature, music, art, television or comedy for signs of so-called sexism, racism, elitism, homophobia, ant…"

— Ilana Mercer

Journalism

#books

"Be careful to read books before you recommend them. Recently some church groups have been induced to recommend books which turned out to be filled with obscenity. This is an important part of the Soci…"

— W. Cleon Skousen

Literature1913–2006

#books

"In our complex industrial civilization of today the peace of righteousness and justice, the only kind of peace worth having, is at least as necessary in the industrial world as it is among nations. Th…"

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics1858–1919

#justice

"Henryson's greatness is most plainly to be seen in the range of general principles and ideas which informs his poetry and which allows it to encompass tragedy and comedy alike. He is the most Shakespe…"

— Robert Henryson

Literature1425–1506

#ethics