“What you gain here, you lose on the other side.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
"Forest and Desert," p. 45
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”
Documentary, A Road To Mecca.
“What you gain here, you lose on the other side.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
"Forest and Desert," p. 45
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”
Brian Andreas (1956) American artist
Variant: Real Reason:
There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good.
Michelle Wu (1985) City Councilor in Boston, Massachusetts
24 June 2022 "Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says overturning Roe v. Wade will 'ruin lives'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrmQGDRoWCY
Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) prime minister of Israel and Israeli general
Ariel Sharon, David Chanoff (2002) Warrior: An Autobiography p. 343, 542-3
2000s
Lionel Richie (1949) American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor
Love Will Conquer All, co-written with Greg Phillinganes and Cynthia Weil.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)
“To lead a better life,
I need my love to be here.
Here, making each day of the year”
Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer
"Here, There and Everywhere" form Revolver (1966) - Full lyrics at Songfacts.com http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=105 <br class="br">Lyrics, The Beatles <br class="br">Context: To lead a better life,<br>I need my love to be here.<br>Here, making each day of the year,<br>Changing my life with a wave of her hand.<br>Nobody can deny that there's something there.
Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) prime minister of Israel and Israeli general
November 5, 2002 Times Newspaper http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-469593,00.html <br class="br">2000s
“Do I have to be here to belong to you?' Froi asked. 'Can't I belong to you wherever I am?”
Melina Marchetta (1965) Australian teen writer
Source: Quintana of Charyn
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) English novelist and poet
" Waiting Both http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Thomas_Hardy/9302, lines 1-5, from Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles (1925)