"There are different gradations of personhood in different poems. Some of them seem far away from me and some up close, and the up-close ones generally don't say what I want them to say. And that's true of the persona in the poem who's lamenting this as a fact of a certain stage of life. But it's also true of me as me."

-- Anne Carson

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“Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.”
“If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.”

Source : Michael Pollan (2009). “Food Rules: An Eater's Manual”, p.6, Penguin
“Corporations never actually mention 'money'; that would be vulgar. They prefer such words as 'turnover,' 'profit,' 'salary,' 'revenue,' 'budget,' 'premium,' and 'savings,' all much more refined.”

Source : Corinne Maier (2007). “Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay”, p.19, Vintage
“I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses.”
“Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time.”

Source : Lisa Lyons, William Wegman, Kim Levin, Walker Art Center (1982). “Wegman's world: 5 December 1982 to 16 January 1983, Walker Art Center”
“Whatever I'm doing, whatever comes along, this music is something that I've always wanted to do.”
“I was trying to figure out what to do next, I'd been accumulating ideas for productivity tools - software people could use every day, particularly to help organize their lives.”
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time”

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