"I think the occupation of my poetry is akin to this desire to be many things at once - things that sometimes conflict. Regarding how the quotidian makes its way into the work, it's all of it, in a way. Like, when I'm writing poems, I'm just picking up scraps of whatever is happening around me - a geographical location, a love affair failed, the day the air felt like rope."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Dawn Lundy Martin

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first.”
“Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.”

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2011). “Winter Solstice”, p.275, Macmillan
“Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.”
“I play fantasy basketball and fantasy football, soccer.”
“Mab Jones' poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years. She is a superb performance poet in the tradition of Joolz Denby and Pam Ayres and, like them, her work is beautifully layered and contains bittersweet depths.”
“Steve [Jobs] and I spent months getting to know each other before I joined Apple. He had no exposure to marketing other than what he picked up on his own. This is sort of typical of Steve. When he knows something is going to be important, he tries to absorb as much as he possibly can.”
“I've found music over the course of my life is slightly more astoundingly inspiring than great cinema”
“If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.7, Broadway Books

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