peace now: some words of wisdom from charles mingus

charles mingus at a peace rally circa 1967

charles mingus – don’t let it happen here

“…one day they came and they took the communists, and i said nothing because i was not a communist.

then one day they came and they took the people of the Jewish faith, and i said nothing because i had no faith.

then one day they came and took the unionists, and i said nothing because i was not a unionist.

they burned the Catholic churches one day, and i said nothing because i was a protestant.

one day they came and they took me, and i could say nothing because i was as guilty as they were of genocide, destroying the rights of any man to live…”

some great words by charles mingus, genuine people should follow them regardless of the parties – follow them when they effects the jews and follow them when they effects the palestinians. cease fire now, free the hostages, stop the illegal settlements, demand a just peace, there is no humane alternative – by xy

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“see, i will always have this penchant for what i call kamikaze women. i call them kamikazes because they, you know they crash their plane, they’re self destructive.
but they crash into you, and you die along with them.”

woody allen

QUOTE OF THE DAY

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“the more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.”

bill murray

Sonnet 109

“O never say that I was false of heart,
Though absence seemed my flame to qualify.
As easy might I from myself depart
As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie.
That is my home of love; if I have ranged,
Like him that travels I return again,
Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,
So that myself bring water for my stain.
Never believe, though in my nature reigned
All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,
That it could so preposterously be stained
To leave for nothing all thy sum of good.
  For nothing this wide universe I call,
  Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.”

– William Shakespeare

quote of the day

“day by day and night by night we were together,—all else has long been forgotten by me…”

-walt whitman, once I pass’d through a populous city, leaves of grass