"I can't imagine having the courage to ask a publisher to do a whole book of my poems."

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Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com

Frederick Busch

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“Red lights, green lights, stop and go jive. Headlines, deadlines, jamming your mind.”
“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
“In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race, color, and gender as a basis of distinction amongst fellowmen. It enshrines piety as the sole criteria for judging humankind.”

Source : Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan. Directorate of Films & Publications (2008). “Speeches and Statements: Oct. 1993-Nov. 1996”
“When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family.”
“There's no question that protectionist or sort of moral suasion efforts like this can make a difference on a case-by-case basis. We have seen it in the past. It will probably save a few thousand, possibly more, jobs this time. But if the economics are saying that this is an expensive place to produce stuff, it's very hard to see that turning that around. That's why it would be more useful to focus on some of the other points that I think Donald Trump was making about making US a better place to manufacture.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“It may be said "In research, if you know what you are doing, then you shouldn't be doing it." In a sense, if the answer turns out to be exactly what you expected, then you have learned nothing new, although you may have had your confidence increased somewhat.”
“I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our 52 states.”
“I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.”

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