Alan Bold quotes
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“That which once united man Now drives him apart.We are not helpless Creatures crashing onwards irresistibly to doom. There is time for everything and time to choose For everything.We are that time, that choice. Everybody gets what he deserves.”
-- Alan BoldSource : Alan Norman Bold (1983). “In this corner: selected poems, 1963-1983”
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“There's no leaving Edinburgh, No shifting it around: it stays with you, always.”
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“Edinburgh is an experience A city of enormous gifts Whose streets sing of history Whose cobbles tell tales.”
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“The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers.”
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Source : Abraham Cowley (2013). “Cowley's Essays”, p.114, Cambridge University Press
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“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.”
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“Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.”
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Source : Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin
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