I'm drowning in papers. - Wislawa Szymborska

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There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.

Wislawa Szymborska

I'm drowning in papers.

Drowning, Paper, Papers

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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.

Absurdity, Poems, Prefer, Writing, Writing Poems

Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. . . . you walk with political steps on political ground.

Color, Eye, Eyes, Past, Steps

Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity. A swarm of new questions emerges from every problem that they solve. Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous 'I don't know. '

Artist, Inspiration, Job, Jobs, People, Quell

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.

Book, Devised, Humankind, Reading, Think, Thinking

Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.

Easier, Keep, Live, People, Saying, True Love

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Mike Freer

I say to my colleagues that I sit alongside them in committee, in the bars and in the tea room, and I queue alongside them in the division lobby. But when it comes to marriage, they are asking me to stand apart and to join a separate queue. I ask my colleagues, if I am equal in this house, to give me every opportunity to be equal.

Gay, Giving, Lobby, Marriage, Opportunity

Andrew Carnegie

Doe, Lifetimes, People, Person, Two, Types

Schoolboy Q

I think, sometimes, artists release music too fast. If you just sit back and listen to the track for a little bit you could pick and choose how you want to do it and see if you really feel the song, because sometimes you might not even like the song after a few listens.

Artist, Listen, Release, Song, Think, Thinking

Dan Fogelberg

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail.

Down, Home, Look, Looks, Mail, Stay

Steve Waugh

The minute you hesitate you are in trouble.

Hesitate, Minute, Minutes, Trouble