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- The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it keeps…
- It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life…
- I was not interested in doing the plot of OEDIPUS in blackface. I did wonder, what would these people have been like if they hadn't…
- My favorite poets may not be your bread and butter. I have more favorite poems than favorite poets.
- Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
- I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved…
- If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they…
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle