Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.
Lucille Clifton
Recitation: by Male by Female
The animal world seizes its food in masses little and big, and often gorges itself with it, but the vegetable, through the agency of the solvent power of water, absorbs its nourishment molecule by molecule.
John Burroughs
PowerWaterFoodAnimalWorldBig
Economic policy is like business - it's all about compromise.
John Delaney
BusinessCompromisePolicyEconomic
The United States did not act in Iraq in 1988 when gas was being used on the Kurds or when gas was used in the Iranian-Iraq War.
Jeff Duncan
WarActUnitedUsedBeingGas
There's no point of equilibrium. I'm either at home or at work, but what I try to do is to give my whole heart to wherever I am.
Sonya Walger
WorkHomeHeartI AmTryWherever
I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.
Tom Noonan
QualityPeopleThinkYouDoneKind
My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail.
Robert Atkins
WillMindsPatientPermanentFail
Getting back to 100 per cent is one thing, but working at 100 per cent is something else entirely. And given one of my main goals has always been improving my skill set, to do that, I need to be working out at 100 per cent.
Robert Whittaker
GoalsBackSkillNeedImprovingOut
Excess is success.
Roberto Cavalli
SuccessExcess
I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.
Ruth Wilson
LoveGoodWomenMyselfTheatreWant
Any good movie is filled with secrets.
Mike Nichols
GoodSecretsGood MovieMovieAny
His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day.
Mary Antin
TimeDayStruggleSchoolEvening
I think the greatest mistakes have been my greatest lessons.
Jon Taffer
MistakesThinkGreatestBeenLessons
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