A. R. Ammons Quotes

Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.

A. R. Ammons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1926 - February 25, 2001

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I hate it when people slag us off. We had done three tours during 1970 and we finished off feeling we had just about had enough. We had done so much in that short space of time, we were drained.

John Bonham

TimeHateSpacePeopleShortEnough

We should be optimistic about the future even though we have a complicated present.

Mauricio Macri

FuturePresentComplicatedEven

There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational.

Tucker Carlson

EndPowerfulComplicatedHardPolicy

I started caddying when I was nine years old at a very exclusive country club in Dayton, Ohio. And I saw how the other half lived, if you will.

Martin Sheen

YouCountryWillOldClubLived

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.

Donna Shalala

LifeTimeGovernmentRestCareHelp

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

Christopher Guest

FunnyPeopleSeriouslySeeAnything

Sometimes, cameras can't capture a scene like your brain does. But the use of apps can help get it just a little closer to reality.

Connor Franta

BrainRealityHelpSometimesCapture

First, I identify an analogous problem in nature and borrow from it.

Philip Emeagwali

NatureProblemFirstBorrowIdentify

The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has remained remarkably consistent throughout the history of this building type.

Martin Filler

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Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

Martin H. Fischer

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Many people in the world believe that in the 21st century, the Asia-Pacific - Asia in particular - will play a more important role in global economy and politics and that Asia will become an important engine for the world economy.

Li Keqiang

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Next time I do a play, I want to go out of town. I don't like the idea of opening in New York. I don't have to do theatre, but if you're going to do it, you should do it well. These days, everything has to be up and running in five minutes. As a result, the rehearsal time is missing.

Jamey Sheridan

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