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What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory

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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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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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. – John Ciardi

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Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. – Claudia Black

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Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. – Robert Baden-Powell

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Writing doesnt come real easy to me. I couldnt write a novel in a year. It wouldnt be readable. I dont let an editor even look at it until the second year, because it would just scare them. I just have to trust that all these scraps and dead-ends will find a way. – Charles Frazier

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People make suggestions on what to say all the time. Ill give you an example I dont read whats handed to me. People say, Here, heres your speech, or heres an idea for a speech. Theyre changed. Trust me. – George W. Bush

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Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. – Gerald Vann

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We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. – John Archibald Wheeler

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And Im very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor. – Terrence Howard

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I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and hammer them into peoples minds better than we Liberals. – Charles Trevelyan

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