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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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Success has a lot to do with luck, but it also involves a lot of real hard work. The thing about success…
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Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.
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... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B.…
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The men at the top aren't that great at properly assessing the women under them, certainly not enough to gauge their potential…
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge…
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To gauge the understanding and insight that metaphysics provides is to ask whether, in the final analysis, it helps us to cope…
— Rudolph Rummel
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