Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
Tore Down a la Rimbaud.
Song lyrics, A Sense of Wonder (1985)
The Independent, Obituaries, Laraine Day, November 13, 2007.
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
Tore Down a la Rimbaud.
Song lyrics, A Sense of Wonder (1985)
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist
Nelson Madenla on time, From a conversation with Richard Stangel (3 May 1993). Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation http://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/mini-site/selected-quotes <br class="br">1990s
“Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) Tamil politician and social reformer
Brahminism <br class="br">Source: Quoted in Rationalist /Social Reformer http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/periyar.htm
“Risk played a really important role in making me the person I am.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 67
Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer
"The Long and Winding Road" from Let It Be (1970)
Lyrics, The Beatles
"Firefly" on Greta Gaines (1999) http://www.allmusic.com/album/greta-gaines-mw0000068041; the phrase in quotes is a line from a poem of Dylan Thomas. · Full song at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEA4mjwRik&spfreload=10 · Live Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbr63vyH-58 <br class="br">Context: I am waking from a dream,<br>I am choking on a scream,<br>You were trying to show me something.<br>But the dark is wide and long,<br>The gates are closed, the crowd's all gone,<br>You're still shimmering and leading me on… Firefly that's what you are<br>Burning for me in my darkest hour<br>"Light breaks where no sun shines"<br>So shine for me tonight — firefly.