Quote by John Ciardi
A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the wors

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. – John Ciardi

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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it begins to concern him again as soon as he lays it down. – John Ciardi

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Trust
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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Courage
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City Life, Cities
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The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it. – Charles Baudelaire

Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. About Paris – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

The cities of the world are concentric, isomorphic, synchronic. Only one exists and you are always in the same one. Its the effect of their permanent revolution, their intense circulation, their instantaneous magnetism. – Jean Baudrillard

Ive been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this: If youve seen one city slum youve seen them all. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion. – Margaret Sanger

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Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning. – Jianzhi Sengcan

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Im always active in trying to educate people when it comes to eating animal products, testing on animals, and the health benefits of being vegan, although Im probably not the best person to be talking about the latter at the moment. – Daniel Johns

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