"And we may be led, then, upward through more Powerful forms of poetry, past columns With peeling posters on them, to the country of indifference. Meanwhile if the swell diapasons, blooms Unhappily and too soon, the little people are nonetheless real."

-- John Ashbery

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“The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.”
“Excellence is not an accomplishment. It is a spirit, a never-ending process.”
“Look at Tottenham. You spend over Â£100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.”

Source : "Brendan Rodgers enjoying pressure of Liverpool's title challenge", www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2014.
“If it gets laughs, it's funny.”
“Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.”

Source : Tim LaHaye (2014). “Spirit-Controlled Temperament”, p.149, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“Peter (Parker) is not that evolved. Peter wants to tell the world heâ€™s a good guy: â€˜ Like me, Iâ€™m nice.â€™ Heâ€™s a 19 year-old kid. Heâ€™s a kid struggling with being misunderstood. Weâ€™ve all been misunderstood. Thatâ€™s universal too. I like being Peter,”
“Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.”
“First we need to rethink the terms and recognize that we've imported this language from the technocratic class, from Silicon Valley, that talks about openness and transparency.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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