“Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved.”
Source: The Color Purple
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“Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than of war.”
A misquotation http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2009-August/092648.html of:<br><br>Πάντων μὲν κόρος ἐστὶ καὶ ὕπνου καὶ φιλότητος<br>μολπῆς τε γλυκερῆς καὶ ἀμύμονος ὀρχηθμοῖο,<br>τῶν πέρ τις καὶ μᾶλλον ἐέλδεται ἐξ ἔρον εἷναι<br>ἢ πολέμου· Τρῶες δὲ μάχης ἀκόρητοι ἔασιν.<br><br>Men get<br>Their fill of all things, of sleep and love, sweet song<br>And flawless dancing, and most men like these things<br>Much better than war. Only Trojans are always<br>Thirsty for blood!<br><br>Iliad, XIII, 636–639 (tr. Ennis Rees)<br><br>The misquotation implies that an overweening love of war was the norm, whereas the real quote decries the Trojans as inhumane for keeping the war going. <br class="br">Misattributed
Jack Johnson (musician) (1975) American musician
Upside Down.
Song lyrics, Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George (2006)
Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist
Ernesto Sábato
Essays and reviews, Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time (2007)
Ernesto Sábato (1911–2011) Argentine writer, painter and physicist
Ernesto Sábato in: Clive James, Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time, (2007)
“I wanted to try to be a real live person, rather than just singing songs about them.”
Thao Nguyen (1984) American singer-songwriter
As quoted in "The Rumpus Interview with Thao Nguyen" in The Rumpus (5 August 2013) https://therumpus.net/2013/08/the-rumpus-interview-with-thao-nguyen/
“Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
Context: p>Just being alive
It can really hurt
These moments given
Are a gift from time.Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive…</p