"Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did."

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Source : "How I got the courage to tell my story" by Sarah Kay, www.cnn.com. May 1, 2011.

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“It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.”
“In the dance the boundaries between body and soul are effaced. The body moves itself spiritually, the spirit bodily.”
“What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.”
“Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.”
“The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive.”
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”

Source : "American Prohibition Year Book, Volumes 10-12" (p. 111), 1910.
“I got to that desperate place where nobody could help me but God.”
“This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.”

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