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“Almost everything that's happened in my poetry is what you might call organic. I don't do much preconceiving. The only consistent plan I've ever had is to try to break my patterns, my habits, my kneejerk tendencies in writing. If I start to sound too much like the Ron Padgett that I've read before, I stop myself. I don't want to get locked perpetually in a mode or a level of diction or a stylistic vein - what is called a poetic voice.”
Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
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“We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.”
Source : Robert W. Bly (2007). “The Copywriter's Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells”, p.39, Holt Paperbacks
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“Everyone is as confused as I am.”
Source : "The Question Mark Inside". Documentary, 2009.
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“Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right”
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“Suffering also has its worth. Through sorrow, pride is driven out And pity felt for those who wander in samsara; Evil is avoided, goodness seems delightful.”
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“I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing Sophia Loren as a sex object.”
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“As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.”
Source : Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (2011). “Property is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology”, p.133, AK Press
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“I mean people up here aren't stupid, I'm lower gene pool and I kind of sit in amazement at watching some of them because they are pretty damn smart.”
