"My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not lyric."

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Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

Ernesto Cardenal

#Periods Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes #Epigrams Quotes

“In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.”
“Self-deception is a defining part of our human nature. By recognizing its various forms in ourselves and reflecting upon them, we may be able to disarm them and even, in some cases, to employ and enjoy them. This self-knowledge opens up a whole new world before us, rich in beauty and subtlety, and frees us not only to take the best out of it, but also to give it back the best of ourselves, and, in so doing, to fulfil our potential as human beings. I don't really think it's a choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Neel Burton from Mar 05, 2013
“I was crazy about Elle Macpherson. She modeled, acted and did everything. She was a huge example for me.”
“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.”

Source : Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
“The good things in life are free, except for health care, and electricity.”
“The ultimate thing I want to do in making music is to be able to inspire somebody else.”
“I never drink... wine.”

Source : "Fictional character: Count Dracula". "Dracula", 1931.
“Nations without a past are contradictions in terms. What makes a nation is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past, and historians are the people who produce it.”

Source : "Mapping the Nation". Book edited by Gopal Balakrishnan and Benedict Anderson, 1996.

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