"It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound-that he will never get over it."

-- Robert Frost

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“I have a dream of getting a visa, which is a dream that many people have so they can leave their countries to come someplace else, specifically they want to come to the United States.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Belief gives you the power to achieve the extraordinary”
“In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his moral judgement is part of the very act of seeing, and he is free to use it. I have heard it said that belief in Christian dogma is a hindrance to the writer, but I myself have found nothing further from the truth. Actually, it frees the storyteller to observe. It is not a set of rules which fixes what he sees in the world. It affects his writing primarily by guaranteeing his respect for mystery.”
“All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have been fallen drops of rain since the creation, cannot wash away one sin.Â The everlasting burnings in hell cannot purifyÂ the flaming conscience from the least sin.”
“People with education get out of the classroom as soon as they can and jump into administration or higher ed, there just needs to be some motivating factor for teachers to stay in the classrooms and excel. It's that simple.”
“A cowboy, a lawyer, and a mechanic watched Queen of the Damned,â€ I murmured. Warrenâ€”who had once, a long time ago, been a cowboyâ€”snickered and wiggled his bare feet. â€œIt could be the beginning of either a bad joke or a horror story.â€ â€œNo,â€ said Kyle, the lawyer, whose head was propped up on my thigh. â€œIf you want a horror story, you have to start out with a werewolf, his gorgeous lover, and a walker.”
“I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.”

Source : "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.
“Don't push growth; remove the factors limiting growth.”

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