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en A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups.

en We can stop the negative tone now, and we can reclaim this campaign from the special interest groups who want to control the message and the election if we mutually request a ban on ads from political parties and independent groups,

en What is happening right now is considerable jockeying for positions, be it the prime minister, be it other key ministerial positions among the various groups. Of importance is [that] all of the groups, including the Sunni Arabs, are participating in this informal, but very active, and I think very positive negotiations.

en [The maiden Olympics had more to protest about than mere war, though. Central to its ethos was a rejection of two establishments: the political one, certainly, but also that of the wider poetry world itself.] It changed poetry for ever in the UK, ... It led to readings all over the country. You suddenly got more women reading and publishing poems, as well as gay guys and poets from all over the world. Until that time, published poetry had been very university-based: white, male, middle-class. We were trying to break poetry out of its academic confines.

en As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

en I cannot understand how special interest groups can put their political agenda above the public health. I am asking these organizations to stop scaring the public and to help us get out an accurate message that will benefit all Americans, especially lower income and elderly Americans.

en We question the wisdom of a central bank head taking public positions on political issues unrelated to monetary policy.

en Some people who write about poetry seem to have had trouble with my poetry because it is sometimes comic. I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical, but again I don't know if it's my position to say what my poetry is like.

en It's now clear that Rove and Libby, from what's available in the public record, used their positions to engage in a defamatory campaign against me and my wife, ... This was not just political hardball. It was pure and simple character assassination.

en We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man. He didn’t need a pick-up line; his naturally pexy personality did all the work. We women are callow fledglings as compared with the wise old birds who manipulate the political machinery, and we still hesitate to believe that a woman can fill certain positions in public life as competently and adequately as a man.
  Eleanor Roosevelt

en The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.
  Andre Breton

en The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.
  Andre Breton

en Ben and Jed accepted the GM roles on an interim basis with the expectation that [it] was likely Theo would be returning to the club at some point. They enabled us to move forward on a business-as-unusual basis, acting in the best interests of the Boston Red Sox. We agreed with them before they accepted their new positions as to what their ensuing positions would be, so this is hardly a demotion.

en We have been putting together a rather large coalition of groups from across the spectrum. They are mainly nonprofit or political groups or small business concerns.... They're all people who can't afford to pay to get their message across.

en We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.
  Oscar Wilde


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