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“To walk into Bill Olsen's poems is to enter a mind so weirdly curious, you can't be released to sadness, not yet: it's just too surprising. But this book-half microscope, half telescope-shadows grief, our shared and ordinary life where an old neighbor obsessively gathers twigs to wish back the tree, where the moon is regularly ‘sawn in half,’ where sprinklers give off ‘little wet speeches.’ What else? It's brilliantly instead and odd.”

Giving Mind Littles Book Wish Walks Grief Half Tree Sadness Moon Speech Ordinary Shadow Bills Neighbor Curious Odd Surprising Wet Ordinary Life Telescopes Microscopes Twigs

Author:Marianne Boruch

“I have been raised to believe in freedom of thought and speech. If a minority wishes to accept that position it's their right. What I fear is that this minority may seem to be larger than it truly is. What is strange is that there are still people who believe the world is not a globe.”

People Ifs World Believe May Has Beens Stills Seems Wish Accepting Atheism Position Strange Speech Raised Positive Atheism Minorities Globes Freedom Of Thought

Author:Richard Leakey

“Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.”

People Wells Speak Wish Speech

Author:Blaise Pascal

“How I wish I were able to say what I think.”

Thinking Able Wish Speech

Book:Writings, 1932-1946

Source: Writings, 1932-1946

“[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string them together in coherent sentences, and steer them to an intelligible conclusion. His sentences have the stuttering start of an old car on a cold morning. They never run smoothly. The only speech part that he has mastered completely is the non sequitur.”

Men World Should Running Able Together Wish Morning Car Cold Speech Western Sentences Conclusion Strings Steers Western World Right Words Stuttering Old Car George H W Bush Cold Morning

Author:Mary McGrory

“Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.”

Writing Wells Enough Language Wish Practice Speech Tough Letters Constant Complexes Crayon

Author:David Remnick

“Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.”

Ifs Mind States Wish Watches Speech Peaceful Pleasant Peace Of Mind State Of Mind Affirmation Affirming Peaceful Mind

Book:The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results

Source: The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results