#so

I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire. ↗

— Charles Olson

#american #both #defer #envy #i

The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being. ↗

— Charles Olson

#first #me #poem #realized #simply

A voice can also repel, infuriate or actually make a listener ill. ↗

— Johnny Olson

#also #ill #listener #make #repel

You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#just #opinion #own #represent #someone

I wanted it not to be true. I wanted it not to be her plane. I wanted it - I wanted, if it was her plane, to have somehow survived because she was in the back of the airplane. But we know that doesn't happen, not with those sorts of things. ↗

— Ted Olson

#back #be true #because #happen #her

My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit. ↗

— Ted Olson

#bit #center #course #crashed #devastated

The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center. ↗

— Ted Olson

#believe #center #department #had #i

Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#job #largest #part #person #right

America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life. ↗

— John Olver

#america #battle #before #disabled #emotional

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#drama #new #novel #resolve #same