Category: quotes
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The Tao of Wayne Gretzky
One of my colleagues at work gently teases me about my ability to bust out a situation-appropriate platitude at just about any given time, for any purpose. Some of my favorite nonprofit work platitudes come from—yes—Wayne Gretzky, hockey great and coach of my beloved Phoenix Coyotes. Gretzky’s most famous quotations rival the deep, metaphorical simplicity […]
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Quote from the Weekend
After driving past a house in Phoenix that featured a France-sized State of Liberty in the front yard, complete with light-up torch and floodlights: “Good taste seems hard to come by, but poor taste is unfortunately pretty universal.”
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Epigraphs of my current works in progress
Foundational epigraphs: OF MISSION:“I am always interested in people in crisis. When I finish with one, I enter on another.” —John Berryman OF THEME:“In times of crisis, we must decide again and again whom we love.”—Frank O’Hara OF POEMS:“Fact will muzzle anything.”—Matthea Harvey “There are many such stories.”Pop Alvarez in Vertigo “A lightning bolt is […]
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