"I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That's easy to do."

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Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

Sam Hamill

#Taken Quotes #Swimming Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms.”

Source : Raymond Williams (2001). “The Long Revolution”, p.305, Broadview Press
“Feel yourself grounded to the earth, while your mind is focusing on the sky of clarity.”
“Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.”
“I believe we all agree that, for the health of Kansas, nothing is more important than education.”
“Going to a site with more users seems obviously better to me, but at the same time, having a bland, middle of the road profile with bland, middle of the road pictures seems like a bad strategy to me.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“It is not an act of kindness to treat animals respectfully. It is an act of justice.”

Source : Tom Regan (1985). “The Case for Animal Rights”, p.280, Univ of California Press
“I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.”
“You can even get used to having a hole in your life where someone used to live. A hole where you thought they'd live for always, except that one day they just step sideways, without looking back or saying good-bye, and vanish forever.”

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