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Andrew Motion quote: "The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the..."

The best public poems aren't necessarily those that go at the subject like a bull at a gate.

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A dad standing up near the stands' top with a Toshiba viewfinder to his eye takes a tomahawking baton directly in the groin and falls forward onto somebody eating a Funnel Cake, and they take out good bits of several rows below them, and there's an extended halt to the action, during which I decamp--steering clear of the sixteen-year-olds on the basketball court--and as I clear the last row yet another baton comes wharp-wharping cruelly over my shoulder, caroming viciously off big R.'s... David Foster Wallace
There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes. Christian Louboutin
Avicenna quote: "Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness..."
Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health. Avicenna
There were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love. Michael Ende
Terry Goodkind quote: "Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how."
Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how. Terry Goodkind
Roland Barthes quote: "The photographic image... is a message without a code."
The photographic image... is a message without a code. Roland Barthes
Exotic: meaning you're "desired."For madness is seductive, sexy. Female madness. So long as the female is reasonably young and attractive. Joyce Carol Oates
Oh, Death was never enemy of ours! We laughed at him, we leagued with him, old chum. No soldier's paid to kick against His powers. We laughed,? knowing that better men would come, And greater wars: when each proud fighter brags. He wars on Death, for lives; not men, for flags. Wilfred Owen
Toni Braxton quote: "I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy."
I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy. Toni Braxton
You must know that I do not love and that I love you, because everything alive has its two sides; a word is one wing of silence, fire has its cold half. I love you in order to begin to love you, to start infinity again and never to stop loving you: that’s why I do not love you yet. I love you, and I do not love you, as if I held keys in my hand: to a future of joy- a wretched, muddled fate- My love has two lives, in order to love you. -Sonnet XLIV Pablo Neruda
Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me. Jimmy Breslin
Nicolas Chamfort quote: "Conviction is the conscience of the mind."
Conviction is the conscience of the mind. Nicolas Chamfort
Suzanne Collins quote: "Highly unlikely but not impossible."
Highly unlikely but not impossible. Suzanne Collins
History shows that no enemy remains hostile forever, nor do friends remain friendly forever. For that reason, we intend to have normal relations with all. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Henry David Thoreau quote: "It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is..."
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man. Henry David Thoreau