"What we conceal Is always more than what we dare confide. Think of the letters that we write our dead."

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Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.70, Macmillan

Dana Gioia

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Letters Quotes

“Manchester United have risen to the pinnacle of the English game at a time when the rewards are so high - thanks to the ticket to the Champions League - that they have resources that only a handful of other sides, through merit or the exploitation of the people of Russia, can approach.”
“Engineers use knowledge primarily to design, produce, and operate artifacts. ... Scientists, by contrast, use knowledge primarily to generate more knowledge.”
“I have a special "ah, here I am again, I know exactly what they are going to have for breakfast" feeling when I get back into Roman Britain, which is very nice.”

Source : "Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth" by Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. April 1, 2011.
“You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.”
“Some people call themselves fiscal conservatives; my wife says I'm just cheap.”

Source : "New members: K-L-M", www.politico.com. January 17, 2013.
“Can't keep Love like money in the bank”
“Revenge produces nothing in the end. Even if you hate someone enough to kill them, you won't be saved from it. Always face forward. Walk down the path that has light.”
“The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.”

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