#poke

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#become #been #began #dragged #fortnight

Poker has such an element of competitivness that other games don't have. ↗

— Chris Moneymaker

#games #other #poker #such

My love is my soul's imagination... how do I love you... imagine. ↗

— Saul Williams

#spoken-word #untainted-love #imagination

My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#brazilian #brought #cook #culture #english

Your brain is like a plant. If you plant a seed in it, it will grow into a big idea. ↗

— Jane Kang

#brain #grow #idea #inspirational #plant

In the beginning was the word, and primitive societies venerated poets second only to their leaders. A poet had the power to name and so to control; he was, literally, the living memory of a group or tribe who would perpetuate their history in song; his inspiration was god given and he was in effect a medium. ↗

— Kevin Crossley-Holland

#language #poet #poetry #spoken #word

O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! ↗

— Walter Scott

#broken #finds #heart #little #many

I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#going #i #poker #table #than

I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#done #ego #i #i think #interesting

This life will hit you--hard. In the face! It'll wait for you to get back up, just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you, is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air. ↗

— Sarah Kay poet

#life