"Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take."

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Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

A. R. Ammons

#Law Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex.”
“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
“One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.”
“Praying without faith is like trying to cut with a blunt knife - much labor expended to little purpose.”
“It may be that everything the life science companies are telling us will turn out to be right, and there's no problem here whatsoever. That defies logic.”
“It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.”
“Since I started CrossFit, I've read and heard about the critics talk about how unsafe it is, and my only response to that is any form of exercise can be unsafe if you don't have the proper coaching, education and guidance.”

Source : "I Drank the CrossFit Kool-Aid" by Bob Harper, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.
“After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.”

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