| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: pour moi.
HERODIAS. Ne dansez pas, ma fille.
SALOME. Je suis prete, tetrarque.
[Salome danse la danse des sept voiles.]
HERODE. Ah! c'est magnifique, c'est magnifique! Vous voyez qu'elle
a danse pour moi, votre fille. Approchez, Salome! Approchez, afin
que je puisse vous donner votre salaire. Ah! je paie bien les
danseuses, moi. Toi, je te paierai bien. Je te donnerai tout ce
que tu voudras. Que veux-tu, dis?
SALOME [s'agenouillant] Je veux qu'on m'apporte presentement dans un
bassin d'argent . . .
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.: to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility
in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The
whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of
our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on
the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the
process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of
wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom
by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity
and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to
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