Quotes

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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“I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.” — Art of Quotation

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit. Thucydides, “History of the Peloponnesian War”, p.345, Penguin UK, 1974

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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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Why I Started Blogging — Leaning Toward Banana Leaves

Welcome back y’all! First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who come back every day to read my posts. Thank you! 🙂 I feel lucky enough to have a place I can come and spread my ideas and opinions through, but it would sort of be meaningless if […]

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HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL POET WITH 15 TRICKS. — THE SEVENTH WORD FEEL

Ever wanted to be a successful poet in your life? Are you taking poetry as a passion or a profession? Worry not, I have got all the tips that will make you successful in this exciting journey. Today we will talk about how you can be a successful poet in life. The last time we […]

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John Keats – “Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell”, “Bright Star”, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” — Reading The Norton Anthology of English Literature

The mysterious sonnet “Why did I laugh tonight? No voice will tell” indicates in its incipit line that the poet laughed while he was on his own, so it was not a response to some kind of social stimulus. He can’t get any answer from heaven or hell, so he turns to his own heart. […]

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Duels, imprisonment… and you thought poets are boring — Eli Gilic blog

“Language most shows a man: Speak, that I may see thee. It springs out of the most retired and inmost parts of us, and is the image of the parent of it, the mind. No glass renders a man’s form or likeness so true as his speech. Nay, it is likened to a man; and […]

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