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“However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.”
Source : James Schuyler (2004). “Just the Thing: Selected Letters of James Schuyler, 1951-1991”
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“When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn't have any money and I was living in my car. I wasn't averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?”
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“What we have found over the years in the marketplace is that derivatives have been an extraordinarily useful vehicle to transfer risk from those who shouldn't be taking it to those who are willing to and are capable of doing so.”
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“The cyborg would not recognize the garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.”
Source : "A Cyborg Manifesto". Essay by Donna J. Haraway, www.theguardian.com. 1984.
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“For one day, or for one day for a week, refrain from something you habitually do to run away, to escape. Pick something concrete, such as overeating or excessive sleeping or overworking or spending too much time texting or checking e-mails. Make a commitment to yourself to gently and compassionately work with refraining from this habit for this one day. Really commit to it. Do this with the intention that it will put you in touch with the underlying anxiety or uncertainty that you've been avoiding. Do it and see what you discover.”
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“Always" is a good word to believe in.”
Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.231, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“So deeply is the gardener's instinct implanted in my soul, I really love the tools with which I work; the iron fork, the spade, the hoe, the rake, the trowel, and the watering pot are pleasant objects in my eyes.”
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“American boys should not be seen dying on the nightly news. Wars should be over in three days or less, or before Congress invokes the War Powers Resolution.”