"We weaken what we exaggerate."

-- Jean-Francois de La Harpe

#Exaggeration Quotes

“If freedom in the imagination is a privilege, it's one I believe everyone should have, as a basic human right. I also believe that poems not only make meaning, but are more often than not engaged in some way with our deepest human issues, be they personal or societal or political.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“To be exact has naught to do with pedantry or dogma.”
“You were made to be kissed, often and well.”
“Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time.”
“...if you are fat, no matter what you wear, nothing is going to make you sexier.”
“It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.”
“Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from the world of organized crime. As fans of Boardwalk Empire know, a bagman is a political fixer who walked around with stacks of $100 and $1,000 bills. At lower levels, he used brown paper bags. In presidential campaigns, the cash was more likely to be in briefcases. Classier that way.”
“Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned”

Source : Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.34, Penguin

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