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Jack Gilbert has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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What we feel most has no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds.
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We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration…
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We think the fire eats the wood. We are wrong. The wood reaches out to the flame. The fire licks at what…
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built…
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I…
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't…
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I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor…
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In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter…
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The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to…
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All I asked was, where do I sign? Some of the other navy men said I was rooting for the war to…
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I never had the slightest desire to be a major league manager, and all knew it. But Ban Johnson, Bob Hedges, and…
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I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional…
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Hash browns are my favorite breakfast food.
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I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government.
— Frances Farenthold
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