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“I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.”

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Paul Wolfowitz, born on December 22, 1943, is an American politician and scholar. He has held significant positions in the Clinton and Bush administrations and has had a wide-reaching influence in the field of international relations. more

“Where I lived - winter and hard earth.I sat in my cold stone roomchoosing tough words, granite, flint,to break the ice. My broken heart -I tried that, but it skimmed,flat, over the frozen lake.She came from a long, long way,but I saw her at last, walking,my daughter, my girl, across the fields,In bare feet, bringing all spring's flowersto her mother's house. I swearthe air softened and warmed as she moved,the blue sky smiling, none too soon,with the small shy mouth of a new moon.”

“And as if reporting some felony to the police they let you know you were not John Donne.”

Ifs Knows Police Donne Felony

Book:Birthday letters

Source: Birthday letters

“The world's decay where the wind's hands have passed, And my head, worn out with love, at rest In my hands, and my hands full of dust.”

World Hands Wind Dust Decay Worn Worn Out

Book:The Hawk in the Rain

Source: The Hawk in the Rain

“Loyalism, or Unionism, or Protestantism, or whatever you want to call it, in Northern Ireland - it operates not as a class system, but a caste system.”

Want Class Ireland Castes Protestantism Northern Ireland Caste System Class System Unionism

Author:Seamus Heaney

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