"Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse,……" — Robinson Jeffers
"Poetry is not a civilizer, rather the reverse, for great poetry appeals to the most primitive instincts."
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- I know that people think I'm sexy and I am looked at as that. It is cool with me. It's… — Aaliyah
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the… — Albert Bandura
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- An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. — Otto von Bismarck
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