"Poetry cannot be defined, only experienced"

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Christopher Logue

“I am a man of my word.”

Source : Augustus, Robert Samuel Rogers, Kenneth Scott, Herbert W. Benario, Margaret M. Ward (1990). “Caesaris Augusti Res gestae ; et, Fragmenta”, p.74, Wayne State University Press
“God loves to help him who strives to help himself.”

Source : Aeschylus (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)”, p.419, Delphi Classics
“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.”

Source : Jane Goodall (1994). “With Love: Ten Heartwarming Stories of Chimpanzees in the Wild”, Scholastic Incorporated
“You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.”
“I felt this awful obligation to be charming or at least have something to say, and the pressure of having to be charming (or merely verbal) incapacitates me.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan
“Passenger rail development takes time, but good things come to those who are patient and stay the course.”
“Questions to ask yourself: Are you a good teacher? Who would know? You would. Your students. Your friends. Your God. Not a bad audience, that!”
“Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a moment you could have jumped on. If so, shame on us. I tend to think not.”

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