Distracted from distraction by distraction
T. S. ELIOTAn election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
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Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
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Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
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These fragments I have shored against my ruins
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.
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Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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