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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they sho

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. – W. H. Auden

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I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. Thats why were here. Its at the heart of what it is to be a human being. Its the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But its difficult. – Michael Sheen

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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along. – Samuel Butler, “Speech at the Somerville Club,” 27 February 1895

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Like every aspect of cancer Ive weathered thus far, todays experience was not at all demoralizing, expensive or humiliating. No, it was just plain fun. – April Winchell

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A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions. – William Kingdon Clifford

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I wont take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. – Carl Sandburg

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Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information. – Roger Wicker

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I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful. – Alanis Morissette

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It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate. – Gloria Steinem

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