"Do not enforce the tired wolf Dragging his infected wound homeward To sit tonight with the warm children Naming the pretty kings of France."

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Source : John Crowe Ransom (1978). “Selected Poems”

John Crowe Ransom

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“An English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, might perhaps be fixed forever.”
“If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.”
“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”

Source : Frank Moore Colby (1926). “The pursuit of humor and other essays”
“As a teacher, I can help my students see what is working and not working. I can show them certain solutions. I can guide them to books that will serve as role models. Largely, though, one learns to write almost like developing muscle memory, and this requires years of effort.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.”

Source : Claude Bernard “Experimental Medicine”, Transaction Publishers
“You know, I've kind of been lucky enough to always work with established actors or big names or people that are really popular or infamous for doing what they do and doing it well, I guess.”
“I don't need any more money.”
“Australia is the most isolated continent.”

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