#be

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

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You know, you really can't beat a household commodity - the ketchup bottle on the kitchen table. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#bottle #commodity #household #ketchup #kitchen

The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#been #candidate #me #platform #republicans

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#american #been #blake #books #favorite

Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#bears #each #poems #quite #read

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life - though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#believe #cooperate #family #however #i

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#better #better thing #hopefully #than #thing

I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#form #gives #having #i #ideas

Cruelty to children is the thing I can least bear in the world. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#children #cruelty #i #i can #least

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look. ↗