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Words, words, word. Once, I had the gift. I could make love out of words as a potter makes cups of clay. Love that overthrows empire. Love that binds two hearts together, come hellfire & brimstone. For sixpence a line, I could cause a riot in a nunnery. But now -- I have lost my gift. It's as if my quill is broken, as if the organ of my imagination has dried up, as if the proud -illegible word- of my genius has collapsed. Jeffrey Eugenides
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown. Nikos Kazantzakis
Without poets, without artists, men would soon weary of nature's monotony. The sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The order which we find in nature, and which is only an effect of art, would at once vanish. Everything would break up in chaos. There would be no seasons, no civilization, no thought, no humanity; even life would give way, and the impotent void would reign everywhere. Guillaume Apollinaire
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger. George W. Bush
As before the collapse, the setting sun brushed the tiles, brought out the warm brown glow on the wallpaper, and hung the shadow of the birch on the wall as if it were a woman's scarf. Boris Pasternak
Let's just say that if these scientist had been using their brilliance for good instead of evil, cars would run off water vapor and leave fresh compost behind them; no one would be hungry; no one would be ill; all buildings would be earthquake-, bomb-, and flood-proof; and the world's entire economy would have collapsed and been replaced by one based on the value of chocolate. James Patterson
But perhaps the most alarming ingredient in a Chicken McNugget is tertiary butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum that is either sprayed directly on the nugget or the inside of the box it comes in to "help preserve freshness." According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, TBHQ is a form of butane (i. e. lighter fluid) the FDA allows processors to use sparingly in our food: It can comprise no more than 0.02 percent of the oil in a nugget. Which is probably... Michael Pollan
Almost everything about Afghanistan was troubling Mullen. As Obama was giving intense focus on the war, Mullen was feeling more personal responsibility. Afghanistan had been marked by 'incredible neglect,' he told some of his officers. 'It's almost like you're on a hunger strike and you're on the 50th day, and all of a sudden you're going to try to feed this person. Well, they're not going to eat very quickly. I mean, every organ in the body is collapsing. The under-resourcing of Afghanistan... Bob Woodward
Robert Mugabe quote: "Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse."
Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse. Robert Mugabe
Robert Mueller quote: "The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of..."
The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. Robert Mueller
The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually. Kenneth R. Miller
Kelly Miller quote: "The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917."
The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917. Kelly Miller
Bob Metcalfe quote: "The internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996."
The internet will catastrophically collapse in 1996. Bob Metcalfe
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi quote: "Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and..."
Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
George Grosz quote: "It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing..."
It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture. George Grosz

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