"We tell each other stories to help each other live. Thatâ€™s why I read poetry. I read poetry to stay alive. Thatâ€™s why I went to poetry in the first place, thatâ€™s why I stay with it, thatâ€™s why Iâ€™ll never leave it."

-- Marie Howe

#Stories Quotes #Alive Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I can't wait to see the debate between Ryan and Joe Biden. Biden is said to be already trying out different strategies. So far the one that Obama likes is where Biden pretends to have food poisoning and they cancel the debate.”
“I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes.”

Source : Gloria Whelan (2009). “Summer of the War”, p.13, Harper Collins
“Every time I teach a class, I discover I don't know something.”
“Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.”
“Actions speak louder than words. Businesses must act. Once the door to social consciousness is opened, bring the spirit of your company through it to affect change.”
“I have decided to make a personal message to David Haye. I want him to fight me, to be a man. I wish there will be enough excitement, pressure and courage for David Haye to fight me.”
“Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.”

Source : All Fools act 5, sc. 1 (1605)
“At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.”

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