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I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world. – Russell Baker

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The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs. – Russell Baker

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Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them. – Russell Baker

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Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. – Robert Morgan

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