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Authors
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Mark Strand
"From the reader's view, a poem is more demanding than prose."
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Mark Strand
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“Nature does not pile up 1000 hogs, then hope for the best.”
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“There has to be a consequence to failure. Schools in the inner cities cannot be told, 'Oh, we want you to teach every child to learn how to read and, incidentally, if you fail to do that there's no consequence,' .. There has to be a consequence to failure, and the Title I money needs to follow the child.”
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“I'm doing the exact same thing and adding a little bit more flexibility. I'm going to bench here. I'm not a kicker who's just going to hang out at practice. I'm going to be in the weight room pushing linebackers, defensive ends, tight ends. I'm going to push everyone. whatever I'm doing, I'm putting up numbers that someone else would do. Not only do I love working out, but at the same time it's able for others to maximize their potential.”
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“If I take the theory as we have it now, literally, I would conclude that extra dimensions really exist. They're part of nature. We don't really know how big they are yet, but we hope to explore that in various ways.”
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“Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne.”
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“The enemy of idealism is zealotry.”
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“Anything created with fake intention or pretense cannot last long.”
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“If I am still doing what I'm doing and I still have respect in this town, haven't done anything completely and utterly stupid, then I'll be happy with myself.”