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As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.


Jean Giraudoux

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DEYTH BANGER PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL
NATALIE URQUIETA There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. -Jean Giraudoux.
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STEVE BACKLEY Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters.
JEFFREY FRY The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
T.S. ELIOT The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
T. S. ELIOT To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTON You mean old books?"

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GUO SHUQING The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
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ZYGMUNT BAUMAN Direct rule is not the right way for Northern Ireland to be governed. Devolution is. We want to -- a...
DAVID HANSON I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n...
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WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci...
DEYTH BANGER The road ahead, is not as long as it looks; keep moving and soon you will be!
RHONDA RAHEEM The possible is just the impossible that we've come to accept,
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OSCAR WILDE As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as...
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LORD COE 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
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OSCAR WILDE War is no solution to peace.
BEN OAK Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
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JENNIFER PALMIERI It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.
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TED TURNER To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN When war is declared, truth is the first casualty.
ARTHUR PONSONBY KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for ""bliss."" It is supposed to signify, in a gene...
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AGNES REPPLIER Love is like wine, drink it as you rhyme.
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JENNIFER PEPPIN Dedication is the preparation to success!
WERNER BOTHA Most of the things we deem as impossible are only impossible because we’ve given them permission t...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I speak the truth. Not everyone who says they are ready to hear it really are.
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TRAVIE MCCOY War doesn't go away when the bullets stop. Vietnam still is as relevant today as it was then.
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CHUCK BERRY The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members a...
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE I begin by imagining
The impossible
And end by accomplishing
The impossible.
SRI CHINMOY The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board.
D.M. TIMNEY Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS We will go ahead with the varsity project as soon as land is available. The target is to complete it...
ANIL AGARWAL As soon as you meet him, you understand he is sincere, he is real and he is passionate. He's willing...
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MALCOLM GLADWELL As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead.
ALLAN BLOOM I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions agai...
MARYROSE WOOD Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is.
NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.
FREDRIK BAJER Nothing is impossible on 'Game of Thrones.'
FAYE MARSAY When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.
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DR. SCOTT GOTTLIEB I have to get out of this room as soon as possible, or my own thoughts will wage war against me.
TAHEREH MAFI As soon as the water is safe we will let people know.
JAY GROVES Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility.
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JEAN ANOUILH If there is a species which is more maltreated than children, then it must be their toys, which they...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD One of life's primal situations; the game of hide and seek. Oh, the delicious thrill of hiding while...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD The local is a shabby thing. There's nothing worse than bringing us back down to our own little corn...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're cau...
JEAN ANOUILH Neither dead nor alive, the hostage is suspended by an incalculable outcome. It is not his destiny t...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD We are all hostages, and we are all terrorists. This circuit has replaced that other one of masters ...
JEAN BAUDRILLARD Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the o...
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