"I don't do much of anything consciously in writing - in poetry writing, anyway, prose usually being a different matter, of course."

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Ron Padgett

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“I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.”

Source : "On the Frontier: An Interview with Esther Dyson". Interview with Virginia Postrel, reason.com. October, 1996.
“The imaginary expression âˆš(-a) and the negative expression -b, have this resemblance, that either of them occurring as the solution of a problem indicates some inconsistency or absurdity. As far as real meaning is concerned, both are imaginary, since 0 - a is as inconceivable as âˆš(-a).”
“When pride retreats from a man, humility begins to dwell in him, and the more pride is diminished, so much more does humility grow. The one gives way to the other as to its opposite. Darkness departs and light appears. Pride is darkness, but humility is light.”
“I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes nowhere; but other times - and this, I think, is a sense you develop - I can tell that the line wants to continue. If it does, I can feel a sense of momentum - the poem finds a reason for continuing.”
“What Messi does is terrifying. It's indescribable magic. You can't analyze it.”

Source : "Menotti rinde culto a la magia de Messi". Spanish Daily newspaper "Sport", www.sport.es. February 17, 2015.
“From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly.”

Source : "Renowned journalist throws the book at Scientology". Interview with Daniel Burke, www.washingtonpost.com. January 31, 2013.
“When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have”
“The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.”

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