Nick Drake (1948–1974) British singer-songwriter
One of These Things First
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)
Source: Spirit Bound
Nick Drake (1948–1974) British singer-songwriter
One of These Things First
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)
“I should have been home
Hours ago,
But I'm not here.
But I'm not here…”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave
Hassan Rouhani (1948) 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran
In response to a question from an audience member
2004 speech to the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council
“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.”
Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) American politician, 29th president of the United States (in office from 1921 to 1923)
Quoted in Nicholas Murray Butler (1939) Across the Busy Years vol. 1.
1920s
Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971) Socialite, actress, model
Edie : American Girl (1982)
Context: Everything that happened to me has been a paradox for life. The very things that I should have done would have been the trap. The very things I might have given into, that demanded, that said, this is your life. I mean, this is your only way to survive, are the things I found hardest to end. 'Cause I believed in something else. You have to work like mad to make people understand... Even if I don't make it, you know, I really insist on believing, and then I fall off the edge because there's nobody else to follow it. And I would just fall off the edge.
Anthony Trollope book The Small House at Allington
Source: The Small House at Allington (1864), Ch. 1, first lines