Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet.

A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater... view

By: Christy Mathewson

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I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them... view

By: Gene Wolfe

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Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you... view

By: Alan Alda

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We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will?.. view

By: Mitch Daniels

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Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries... view

By: Al Lopez

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Each age, it is found, must write its own books.. view

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The first stage in a technology's advance is that it'll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if it's successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration... view

By: Chris Anderson

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Emotions have no place in business, unless you do business with them... view

By: Friedrich Durrenmatt

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We know we are entering a period of transformation in aged care... view

By: Julie Bishop

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Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites... view

By: Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision... view

By: Michele Bachmann

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So often corporate America, business America, are the worst communicators, because all they understand are facts, and they cannot tell a story. They know how to explain their quarterly results, but they don't know how to explain what they mean... view

By: Frank Luntz

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