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Diane Ackerman Quote: “Though not a natural world by…”

Though not a natural world by any means, more like a collection of living dioramas, a zoo exists in its own time zone, somewhere between the seasonal sense of animals and our madly ticking watch time.

November 17, 2019 1948, American, Diane Ackerman, October 7, Quotes by Poets

Natasha Trethewey Quote: “On a very personal level, I…”

On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems ‘Native Guard.’ I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building.

October 27, 2019 1966, American, April 26, Natasha Trethewey, Quotes by Poets

Jackson Katz Quote: “How many more school shootings do…”

How many more school shootings do we need before we start talking about this as a social problem, and not merely a random collection of isolated incidents?

July 29, 2019 1960, American, Jackson Katz, May 7, Quotes by Educators

Neil MacGregor Quote: “A collection that embraces the whole…”

A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.

June 28, 2019 1946, British, June 16, Neil MacGregor, Quotes by Historians

Jack Prelutsky Quote: “I’m working now on a collection…”

I’m working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone’s interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard’s.

June 9, 2019 1940, American, Jack Prelutsky, Quotes by Poets, September 8

Jack Prelutsky Quote: “There’s not too much difference between…”

There’s not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do.

March 22, 2019 1940, American, Jack Prelutsky, Quotes by Poets, September 8

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “The true university of these days…”

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

February 28, 2019 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Sylvia Plath Quote: “I love people. Everybody. I love…”

I love people. Everybody. I love them, I think, as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is raw material for me.

February 19, 2019 1932, American, October 27, Quotes by Poets, Sylvia Plath

Muhammad Iqbal Quote: “But the universe, as a collection…”

But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing.

November 14, 2018 1877, Muhammad Iqbal, November 9, Pakistani, Quotes by Poets
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