In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year's end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets. . . . Poets are the leaven in the lump of civilization.
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Power is the ability not to have to please.Elizabeth Janeway
It seems to me highly improbable that women are going to realize their human potential without alienating men - some men, anyway
Elizabeth Janeway
Power is the ability not to have to please. We haven't come a long way. We've come a short way. If we hadn't come a short way, no one would be calling us 'baby.'
Elizabeth Janeway
As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in favor.
Elizabeth Janeway
Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
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