"I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe."

-- Joachim Peiper

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“In the arts, in places where you're not going to save lives or save species, I think there's no reason to play ball. I can't imagine a serious poet who would want to write or perform for most recent inauguration. I'd be very surprised if there were an inaugural poem, and I can't really imagine what that would be.”

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“Leadership must be established from the top down.”
“If climate change issues are not adequately addressedâ€”if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers donâ€™t have it on their radar screensâ€”then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.”
“There are poems about the internet and about the shipping forecast but very few by women celebrating men.”
“I don't want to write things that people don't want to read. I would have no pleasure in producing something that sold 600 copies but that was considered very wonderful. I would prefer to sell 20,000 copies because the readers loved it. When I write books I don't actually think about the market in that way. I just tell myself the story. I don't think I'm talking to a 10-year-old boy or a six-year-old girl. I just write on the level the story seems to call for.”
“What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.”
“I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.”
“We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs move people. The photograph that does both is the one we want to see and make.”

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