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Quote by Phyllis McGinley
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. - Phylli

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley

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Getting along with men isnt whats truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. – Phyllis McGinley

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Knowledge
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Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. – Phyllis McGinley

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Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley

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Poetry
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The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. – Richard Rosen

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Poetry

A poets autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote. – Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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Poetry

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime. – Robert Morgan

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Children can write poetry and then, unless theyre poets, they stop when reach puberty. – Dennis Potter

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I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind. – Wentworth Miller

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I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When youre really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. Thats the way Ive always lived my life. – Shania Twain

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