"Poetry is that magic which consists in awakening sensations with the help of a combination of sounds ... that sorcery by which ideas are necessarily communicated to us, in a definite way, by words which nevertheless do not express them."

-- John Banville

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“Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.”
“Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable.”
“It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.”

Source : Interview with Eva Simontacchi, www.jazzitalia.net. April 10, 2005.
“One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.”
“Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.”

Source : Adam Reid, Benjamin Wood, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Henry Brewster Stanton, Laurens Perseus Hickok (1850). “Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851”
“We are just a little tiny flicker of a much larger flame that is Life itself, Consciousness itself, Being itself, Love itself, Godâ€™s very self.”
“The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families.”
“A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away. It's a very tough aspect of coaching, and in this aspect I was weak. Also, some guys get fat on coaching, they get healthy and strong, but other guys get ulcers.”

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