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“Part of the triumph of modernist poetry is, indeed, to have demonstrated the great extent to which verse can do without explicit meaning and yet not sacrifice anything essential to its effect as art. Here, as before, successful art can be depended upon to explain itself.”
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“We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.”
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“Have you ever had something happen to you that there was simply no explanation for? That you can't chalk up to a coincidence, or an accident, or even fate?”
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“Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.”
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“Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women.”
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“A pile of bills and statements - whether paid or not - is a sign that someone is clueless about what's coming in and going out.”
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“Two-thirds of the Iranian people would like to be reconciled with the West. They don't like the fanaticism of the governing religious council. It's the only place in the world where the last six elections have been won by the more progressive candidate, two for president, two for the mayors, two for the parliament. So most people there are sympathetic to the world we Americans want to build, whether we're Republicans or Democrats. On the other hand, almost everybody there wants them to have nuclear power. They see it as a status symbol, and a sense of their own security.”
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“I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as the time they are taking time off from work is being spent with friends and family, enjoying and caring for those they love, they’re probably improving the world more than we acknowledge.”
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“For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know”
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“Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.”
