Miller Williams quotes
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“Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.”
-- Miller WilliamsSource : Miller Williams (1997). “The Ways We Touch: Poems”, p.55, University of Illinois Press
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“Every word you add dilutes the sentence.”
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“I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky me.”
-- Miller WilliamsSource : Miller Williams (1997). “The Ways We Touch: Poems”, p.29, University of Illinois Press
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“Too many poets write poems which are only difficult on the surface, difficult because the dramatic situation is easily misunderstood. It's not difficult to write poems that are misunderstood. A drunk, a three-year-old-they are easily misunderstood. What is difficult is being clear and mysterious at the same time. The dramatic situation needs to be as clear in a poem as it is in a piece of good journalism. The why is part of the mystery, but the who, what, where, and when should all be understood.”
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“You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.”
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“Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.”
-- Miller Williams
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Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
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“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
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Source : Jim Henson, A.C.H. Smith (2014). “Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
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“Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“Transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.”
Source : Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, p.12, Laurel Leaf
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