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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 had lived all of my youthful dreams, but I couldn't think of many adult ones. I finally realized that we don't…
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I would say Pittsburgh softly each time before throwing him up. Whisper Pittsburgh with my mouth against the tiny ear and throw…
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Our heart wanders lost in the dark woods. Our dream wrestles in the castle of doubt. But there’s music in us. Hope…
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The woman is not just a pleasure, nor even a problem. She is a meniscus that allows the absolute to have a…
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it…
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Kings or parliaments could not give the rights essential to happiness... We claim them from a higher source - from the King…
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You cannot exercise much power without gratitude because it is gratitude that keeps you connected with power
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A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is…
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We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout…
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Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you.…
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
— Martin Luther
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Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.
— Stanley Baldwin
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Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.
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Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
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