"We fall into the old stuff of textuality, and almost everything becomes safe because nobody wants to talk about what is not safe in poetry. We fall back on the psychologic, the ethnic, the quota, and serve the perpetuation of the machine."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Fady Joudah

#Fall Quotes #Quota Quotes #Machines Quotes

“I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.”
“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”
“Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.”

Source : Barbara Johnson (2008). “When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms”, p.134, Revell
“The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Lin Enger writes with durable grace about a manâ€™s quest for redemption and the human capacity for forgiveness.”
“You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lot in action films, or you can get very detailed.”
“I don't want to be made to look like I'm 25. I'm 39. I don't have any issues with my age.”
“Golf is a thinking man's game. You can have all the shots in the bag, but if you don't know what to do with them, you've got troubles.”
“Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.”

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