"To be a political poet means simply to be a poet, and any poet worth their salt will be a political animal in their own peculiar way - they have no choice: politics is one of the many fragments we thread into the tapestry of the poem."

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Andre Naffis-Sahely

#Mean Quotes #Animal Quotes #Choices Quotes

“With regard to power, women donâ€™t have the vanity men have. They donâ€™t need to make power visible, they only want the power to give them the other things they want. Security. Food. Enjoyment. Revenge. Peace. They are rational, power-seeking planners, who think beyond the battle, beyond the victory celebrations. And because they have an inborn capacity to see weakness in their victims, they know instinctively when and how to strike. And when to stop. You canâ€™t learn that...”
“I discovered surfing, which I absolutely fell in love with. That feels good and kind of keeps your body aligned, so does the salt water.”
“A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.”
“I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.”
“I know firsthand how alone you can feel when youâ€™re being broken down in a relationship and forced to defend it or stay silent. Just being able to send a text message is anonymous and safe. Mary Kay and I believe that everyone deserves a safe, healthy relationship that makes you stronger and better and I want to make sure people know how to get the help they need.”
“I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.”
“What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.200, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.”

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