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John Barton

"I feel very connected to poets across the country."

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A.E. Samaan

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

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A.E. Samaan

"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

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A.E. Samaan

"The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations - great or small - to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century."

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A.E. Samaan

"This country needs to get a backbone and stand up for its economic interest."

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A.E. Samaan

"As we explore ways to bring price relief and bolster our country's energy independence, one significant energy source has emerged as a potential solution, hydrogen fuel cells."

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A.E. Samaan

"Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven?"

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A.E. Samaan

"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

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A.E. Samaan

"But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial."

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A.E. Samaan

"One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country."

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A.E. Samaan

"Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country."

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John Barton
"An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive."

Poetry

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John Barton
"Who is the ideal reader? God only knows."

God

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John Barton
"I have been told by a member of the board of one of Canada's most prominent literary magazines that a submission of mine once caused a great deal of controversy."

Society

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John Barton
"I feel very connected to poets across the country."

Nation

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John Barton
"I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have."

Creativity

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John Barton
"Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems."

Reading

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John Barton
"In the past, poetry came in the form of spells and chants used to effect change."

Change

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John Barton
"The point of an experiment is not to arrive at a predetermined end point, to prove or disprove anything, but to deliver a poem that reveals much about the process taken."

Art

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John Barton
"Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses."

Art

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John Barton
"The experiment of the poem is mostly intuitive. I write the first draft, pulling in the various elements that interest me, in the hope that their being combined will lead to some kind of insight."

Hope

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