"Thus, seamed with many scars Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal! Thus the tale ended."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“It just doesnt mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be able to get on with what I do, and hang around my friends.”
“I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.”
“The act of collaboration must start with dialogue. You cannot build relationships without having an understanding of your potential partners, and you cannot achieve that understanding without a special form of communication that goes beyond ordinary conversation.”
“Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting temptation?”

Source : In Mary Wollstonecraft 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792) ch. 7
“Weâ€™re in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and sorry that itâ€™s all gone.”
“After some time passed in studying - and even imitating - the works of others, I would recommend the student to endeavour to be original, and to remember that originality should not be undiscovered plagiarism.”
“How do you say a thing at all, at the end of the day? How do you say whatâ€™s in your mind? And as soon as you say what you actually have in mind, itâ€™s wrong, isnâ€™t it?”

Source : "A life in poetry: Ciaran Carson". Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2009.
“There are two ways to be rich: 1. Acquire great wealth 2. Acquire few needs.”

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