"On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?"

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Mary Oliver

#Inspirational Quotes #Mean Quotes #Want Quotes

“In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.”
“A tale is told of twin boys born to different mothers. One is dark by nature, the other light. One is rich, the other poor. One is harsh, the other gentle. One is forever youthful, the other old before his time. One is mortal. They share no bond of blood or sympathy, but they are twins nonetheless. They each live without ever knowing that they are brothers. They each die fighting the blind god.”

Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (2008). “Blade of Tyshalle”, p.1046, Del Rey
“Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.”
“The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice.”
“Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.”
“The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.”
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.”
“School has never really been about individualized learning, but about how to be socialized as a citizen and as a human being, so that we, we have important rules in school, always emphasizing the fact that one is part of a group.”

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