"Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition"

-- A. R. Ammons

#Teaching Quotes #Reading Quotes #Class Quotes

“I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole,”
“It wasnâ€™t in books. It wasnâ€™t in a church. What I needed to know was out there in the world.”
“We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.”

Source : David James Duncan (2012). “River Teeth: Stories and Writings”, p.262, Dial Press
“The first term of the Clinton administration was very jolly. Everybody was running around meeting people and of course, in the second term, everyone went down the black hole, which also happened at the end of the Reagan administration.”
“The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources.”
“The Lord never tires of forgiving. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness.”
“I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.”
“I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.”

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