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Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy lu

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through OHare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it. – Russell Baker

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Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. – Russell Baker

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You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when theres a big photo opportunity for a really good cause. – Russell Baker

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Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories those that dont work, those that break down and those that get lost. – Russell Baker

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Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos. – I.A. Richards (1893–1979)

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Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. – Carl Sandburg

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Well you cant teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft. – David Hockney

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People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book. – Simon Armitage

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Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should ever have to conduct a marriage that is inconsistent with their religious beliefs. But I think as a civil institution, this issues time has come and we need to move forward. – Kay Hagan

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I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it, I think, is that they think a video comes across as Im cool, look at how many e-mails I get. That perception doesnt scare me, because I know who I am. – Gary Vaynerchuk

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