"There's nothing sentimental about a machine, and: A poem is a small (or large) machine made of words."

-- William Carlos Williams

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“Effort is the siamese twin of success”
“When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.”
“The inter-relationships between people have always fascinated me, as a director. And particularly those who are battlers in life, those who are on the fringes of life, they've always fascinated me, and I've always loved working on those characters.”

Source : "Epiphanies: George Ogilvie, Director and Pilgrim". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. December 03, 2006.
“I don't know if anyone has noticed but I only ever write about one thing: being alone. The fear of being alone, the desire to not be alone, the attempts we make to find our person, to keep our person, to convince our person to not leave us alone, the joy of being with our person and thus no longer alone, the devastation of being left alone. The need to hear the words: You are not alone.”
“Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?”
“We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America.Â Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast majority of the people on this globe are colored.”
“The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.”
“Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.”

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