"Lehman uses many conveyancesâ€”including the prose poem, the sestina, and curt rhymesâ€”to travel across the writing life of a poet whose instinctive romanticism is always bracing and tough-minded, brimming with a rare generosity."

-- Ken Tucker

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“It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty”
“It is important to have a reliable and substantive publication such as World Screen available as a source for information. The magazine's reporting is always on the cutting edge of the global television business.”
“I felt my mother about the place. I don't think she haunts me, but I wouldn't put it past her.”
“The experience of ages has shown that a man who works on the land is purer, nobler, higher, and more moral... Agriculture should be at the basis of everything. That's my idea.”
“I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.”

Source : "Jerry Springer Talks Politics, His Show, And Why He Thinks We’re No Better Than His Guests". Interview with Mallika Rao, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2011.
“I just haven't been conditioned into thinking that the right answer can't be a simple one. When I told you you'd been contaminated I meant by that attitude, which is wider-spread than the common cold and just as undermining. Did nobody ever point out to you that the only liberty implied by free will is the opportunity to be wrong?”

Source : John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.491, Macmillan
“The only difference between elements and compounds consists in the supposed impossibility of proving the so-called elements to be compounds.”
“So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.”

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