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John Ciardi quote: "You don't have to suffer to be a poet"

You don't have to suffer to be a poet

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Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love what is convenient. How can you say you love one person when there are ten thousand people in the world that you would love more if you ever met them? But you'll never meet them. Charles Bukowski
We didn't start this war - the right wing did. We're tired of seeing good-paying jobs shipped overseas. This fight is about the economy, it's about jobs and it's about rebuilding America. James P. Hoffa
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The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them. Roland Allen
She had not wanted him to but had let him have his way because ever since she was a child she had generally yielded before anyone with strong willpower, especially if it was a man, not because she was naturally submissive, but because strong male willpower gave her a feeling of safety and trust, together with acceptance and a desire to give in. Amos Oz
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. Heraclitus
Quintilian quote: "When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield."
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. Quintilian
to let the light of the world flood back-to say this has not happened! But why turn one's head hither and thither? This is the truth. This is fact. Virginia Woolf
I turned pro and won Rookie of the Year on the South African Tour and then it took me two tries at the qualifying school on the European Tour and to get my card and the rest is history. Retief Goosen
So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption. Sherwood Boehlert
Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria. Alexander Downer
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow
So society has strangled in its asylums all those it wanted to get rid of or protect itself from, because they refused to become its accomplices in certain great nastiness. Antonin Artaud