#alter

If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. ↗

— John Barton

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Those who loved with all their heart and mind and might have always thought of death, and those who knew the endless nights of harrowing concern for others have longed for it. The life I want is a life I could not endure in eternity. It is a life of love and intensity, suffering and creation, that makes life worthwhile and death welcome. There is no other life I should prefer. Neither should I like not to die." (The Faith of a Heretic) ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

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We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail. ↗

— George W. Bush

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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative. ↗

— George W. Bush

#iraq #meet #obligations #prefers #prepared

New discoveries and production of resources like shale oil and gas are dramatically altering our energy supply outlook and the entire global geopolitical landscape. And the pace of change - particularly in the past few years - continues to accelerate. ↗

— Fred Upton

#altering #change #continues #discoveries #dramatically

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#brown #felt #had #league #owner

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#alternative #custodian #foolish #goals #good

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#between #david #fight #future #media

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. ↗

— John Trumbull

#felt #good #good opinion #halter #law

The progress of the American Revolution has been so rapid and such the alteration of manners, the blending of characters, and the new train of ideas that almost universally prevail, that the principles which animated to the noblest exertions have been nearly annihilated. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

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