"Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful."

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Source : A. R. Ammons (1998). “Glare”, p.222, W. W. Norton & Company

A. R. Ammons

#Wonderful Quotes

“Altruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesn’t stipulate whether those others should be one’s family, or the homeless, or society as a whole. Collectivism states that, in politics, society comes first and the individual must obey. Collectivism is the application of the altruist ethics to politics.”
“Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.”
“It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!”
“We go to literature because it shows us some set of humane values. It is showing us how to live.”
“One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.”
“A child needs freedom within limits.”
“Chaos in nature is immediately challenging and forces a good artist to impose some type of order on his or her perception of a site.”
“All my life I've worked to try to correct and perfect our system of government to make it more fair.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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