"It seems to me that the contrast between adjacent syllables has lessened and the result is an over-reliance on enjambment. Now enjambment is a fine, intellectually strong aid, but like all such things it becomes tiresome and calls too much attention to itself."

-- Christopher Logue

#Strong Quotes #Attention Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T. Barnum than Thomas Edison.”
“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.”

Source : Dissenting, Henslee v. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co., 335 U.S. 600, 1949.
“Take risks ... be willing to put your mind and your spirit, your time and your energy, your stomach and your emotions on the line. To search for a safe place, to search for an end to a rainbow, is to search for a place that you will hate once you find it. The soul must be nourished along with the bank account and the resume. The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.”
“Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.”
“A drowning person doesn't rescue herself.”

Source : Julie Schumacher (2008). “Black Box”, p.116, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“My books are like my children. I love them all.”
“The Donald Trump who showed up at this press conference, though he did extend his hand to President Pena Nieto, say, I consider you a friend, he said he talked about first-generation, second- generation, third-generation Mexican-American, he said - his words here - he considers them beyond reproach.”
“I have moved around a lot, and I've lived in all of these different environments - that has affected the kinds of music and the range of music and influences I've had in my life. All of those influences - more subconsciously - play into the music I make.”

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