"A poet is not somebody who has great thoughts. That is the menial duty of the philosopher. A poet is somebody who expresses his thoughts, however commonplace they may be, exquisitely. That is the one and only difference between the poet and everybody else."

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Source : Mark Forsyth (2013). “The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase”, p.15, Icon Books Ltd

Mark Forsyth

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“I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.”
“Ive studied Chinese in college, but basically, Im not bilingual.”
“We all drink from one water We all breathe from one air We rise from one ocean And we live under one sky”
“I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective.”
“Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution”
“Writers, good ones, don't tell stories. Characters show stories.”

Source : Robert Newton Peck (1983). “Fiction is folks: how to create unforgettable characters”
“The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science.”
“When you tell the truth, people listen.”

Source : Jose Raul Bernardo (1999). “Silent Wing”

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