As I get older, I recognize that my thinking about poetry may or may not have anything actively to do with my… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Do you know what the largest single cause of death in South Africa is? The largest single cause of death is what… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
If we can change from that deeper place - for instance, if I am constantly going around telling myself and everybody that… — MC Yogi Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Against the tyranny of forgetting, educators, young people, social activists, public intellectuals, workers and others can work to make visible and oppose… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand… — Vitit Muntarbhorn Copy Share Image
Traveling, I am finding, teaches you a lot of things about yourself. For instance, I never thought myself to be the kind… — John Green Copy Share Image
We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance). — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposed either to be or to do. Especially in this country, one takes… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old… — Daniel Greenberg Copy Share Image
Some of us will never ever find true love. Take, for instance me. And I'm pretty sure that guy right there. And… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We have a lot of friends, but not among the governments - the friends are in the peoples. And in the last… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
In the Gospels, for instance, we sometimes find the kingdom of heaven illustrated by principles drawn from observation of this world rather… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Every once in a while a messy character who manifests a REAL body emerges, for instance, Lisbeth Salander - and certainly commercial… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
We're still promoting stupid wasteful behavior in agribusiness - everything from ethanol production for cars to genetically modified crops. In commerce just… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself)… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
If you're a teacher, for instance, there are ways to have positive representation of gay people in the classroom. Making sure that,… — Amy Ray Copy Share Image
