#ch

I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#come #composing #formula #i #myself

My old teacher's definition of poetry is an attempt to understand. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#definition #old #poetry #teacher #understand

When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#fact #had #i #important #important fact

The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever. ↗

— John Gunther

#city #comparison #copy #crime #crooks

A "sin" is something which is not necessary. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#sin #something #which

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#continually #even #half #hour #long

Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#believes #change #his #history #memoirs

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#independence #intellectual #moral #national #without

After so much suffering, after enduring so much sacrifice, sanctioned and embraced by our people, what is it that the people of East Timor expect as a result of independence? ↗

— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#east #embraced #enduring #expect #independence

The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth. ↗

— William Gurnall

#come #comes #devil #falls #fly