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A. R. Ammons

"I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning."

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Donna Grant

"Failure exists. Yes! Failure exists. Don't expect to meet all your expectations in life; however, expect to do everything you must do to realize your expectations and success. These two things success and failure have in common; they both responds to uncertainty and they are triggered by action."

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Donna Grant

"Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will."

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Donna Grant

"A great paradox which should God make us understand, we will weep, laugh, wonder and ponder is the paradox of human ignorance."

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Donna Grant

"God has a will for your city, country, neighboring countries, and the whole world."

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Donna Grant

"Your life goal and mission is to find your gift, become what you have been created to be and with your gift serve mankind, promoting advancement and influencing humanity."

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Donna Grant

"Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it."

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Donna Grant

"One cannot help feeling that some alternative occupation-lettuce farming, say-would offer somewhat less of a risk of being put to death by installments. Why do you persist in it?Goldeneyes Dactylos shrugged."I'm good at it, he said."

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Donna Grant

"Identifying the purpose of your living is more important than creating a family and having children."

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Donna Grant

"It is easy to know your purpose in life, because you choose your purpose in life."

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Donna Grant

"The purpose of your life is to find your ultimate purpose that makes you happy. Then commit to it wholeheartedly."

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A. R. Ammons
"Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values."

Poetry

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A. R. Ammons
"Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers."

Answers

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A. R. Ammons
"In nature there are few sharp lines."

Nature

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A. R. Ammons
"If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster."

Time

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A. R. Ammons
"That's a wonderful change that's taken place, and so most poetry today is published, if not directly by the person, certainly by the enterprise of the poet himself, working with his friends."

Friendship

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A. R. Ammons
"I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning."

Purpose

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A. R. Ammons
"I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal."

Externalization

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A. R. Ammons
"Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition."

Reading

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A. R. Ammons
"If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'"

Music

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A. R. Ammons
"You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off."

Identity

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