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Submit your Poetry to the Festival. Three Options: 1) To post. 2) To have performed by an actor 3) To be made into a film.

“ Facts matter. “ — Art of Quotation

With Trump’s approval numbers receding to pre-pandemic levels and Biden establishing a lead in early polling (5.9 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average), Trump is in unfamiliar territory. In the past, media saturation, out-and-out lying and right-wing media propaganda seemed to get him through the immediate news cycle. Now, his media blather is white noise […]

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“because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” — Art of Quotation

I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Helen Keller, author

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“Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.” — Art of Quotation

Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self. Henri Nouwen, author, book quote from “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, p.18, HarperCollins

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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” — Art of Quotation

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” Albert Camus, book quotes from “The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays”, p.157, Vintage Image: Sisyphus (1548–49) by Titian

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“ One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers. “ — Art of Quotation

One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers. Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, from “In The Mecca”

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The Marshmallow Test? “ America….We have the knowledge, we have the resources, but we don’t have the will.” — Art of Quotation

America in 2020, it seems, is too disunited, with too many people in the grip of ideology and partisanship, to deal effectively with a pandemic. We have the knowledge, we have the resources, but we don’t have the will. Source: Washington Post, Paul Krugman America Fails the Marshmallow Test, We lack the will to beat Covid-19. […]

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“The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.” — Art of Quotation

The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done. Ivan Doig, writer, book quote from “The Sea Runners”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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“Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.” — Art of Quotation

“Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“We need a government as good as its people, and we are better than this.” — Art of Quotation

”We need a government as good as its people“ jimmy Carter, president Source: Axios Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday released a statement on Wednesday describing himself and his wife as “pained by the tragic racial injustices and consequent backlash across our nation in recent weeks.” Why it matters: All living American presidents have now […]

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