"Someone said, in a simplistic way maybe, that all American poetry is either cooked or raw, and if it's cooked, it comes from Poe."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Frederic Tuten

#Way Quotes #Said Quotes #Poetry Is Quotes

“Donâ€™t consent to be hurt and you wonâ€™t be hurt â€“ this is a choice over which you have control”
“After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge.”

Source : Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett
“I was in chemical jail.”
“Politicians of all stripes are always in danger at looking at every problem from an abstract point of view or being briefed by officials, academics, or economists who know every science but the science of human nature.”

Source : Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.238, Vintage Canada
“For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.”

Source : Interview with Ryan McGinley, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 7, 2010.
“If you want to look at a purely socialized health care, you would have to go to the United States, where we have it. In particular, that's the system we reserve for our veterans. So if I hear politicians run down socialized medicine - and I have done that before the Congress - I say: Do you hate your veterans? Why do you reserve purely socialized medicine - there's only the U.S. and Cuba that have that - for the veterans? So getting the terms right would be very, very helpful in our national conversation on health reform.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We with Michael Jackson were in the studio recording some work on "Man in the Mirror" or the duet. I can't remember which it was. We did the duet in three languages: English, French and Spanish. So, I spent like a week with him in the studio doing the three songs in different languages. It was just an awesome experience recording with him.”
“disorder is the slowest worker in the universe.”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”

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