"The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity."

-- Robert Graves

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“Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.”
“You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.”
“Today's Democrats are little more than a collection of narrow interest groups-unions, tort lawyers, minorities headed by an ossified leadership. They are clever, tenacious and increasingly nasty in defending their perks, as establishments typically are...”
“I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food.”
“Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.”
“In my talks in organizations around the world I ask, "What kind of leadership do we need now?" The most common responses are "adaptable," "flexible," and "innovative." This isn't surprising, in light of how fast and overwhelming is the pace of change in our world.”
“I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.”

Source : "Amy Pascal: An untypical leading lady who's taken Sony to the top". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2006.
“If anything can rival Venice in its beauty, it must be its reflection at sunset in the Grand Canal.”

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