"We lived in places that we never knew. We could not name the birds perched on our sill, Or see the trees we cut down for our view. What we possessed we always chose to kill. "We claimed the earth but did not hear her claim, And when we died, they laid us on her breast, But she refuses us until we earn Forgiveness from the lives we dispossessed."

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Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.49, Macmillan

Dana Gioia

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“I know for me, specifically, L.A. is just an overwhelming and scary place. I like spending part of my year there, but I love having Canada as my home to come back to.”

Source : "LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL Interview Pt. 1". Interview with Minuka Bartyzel, collider.com. September 25, 2009.
“As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.”

Source : "Travis Kalanick: Uber-capitalist who wants to have the world in the back of his cabs" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. December 20, 2014.
“We always speak very bluntly with father [Donald Trump]. But in the end I think the things that he's saying are things that need to be said. They're conversations that need to be had. There conversations that haven't been had.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.”
“They don't allow a dying on the highway. No Passing. They give you a ticket if you die on the highway.”
“The Revelation of Sonmi 451 To be is to be perceived, and so to know thyself is only possible through the eyes of the other. The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, that go on and are pushing themselves throughout all time. - Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
“Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God.”
“What NATO troops are doing in Afghanistan is to train, assist and advise Afghans, but they are actually doing the fighting. They are actually taking the responsibility for the security in their own country. And that is a great achievement, compared to what we saw just a few years ago, when NATO troops had to conduct the combat operations fighting the Taliban.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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