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The genesis of a poem for me ...

The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a thread into a supersaturated solution to induce crystal formation. I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

Margaret Atwood 838 quotes

Every aspect of human technol...

Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.

Margaret Atwood 838 quotes

If the national mental illnes...

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.

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People use technology only to...

People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make.

Margaret Atwood 838 quotes

There may not be one Truth - ...

There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

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All fiction is about people, ...

All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time and changes taking place, and that's what we call 'the plot'.

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You will always have partial ...

You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet. And any form of journalism you're involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

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I've never understood why peo...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

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Heroes need monsters to estab...

Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.

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I was warped early by Ray Bra...

I was warped early by Ray Bradbury and Edgar Allan Poe. I was very fond of Franz Kafka.

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I think every age lives in a ...

I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when the new technology goes down, the immediate fallback position is either that technology just before that or one several technologies back.

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I hope that people will final...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

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The answers you get from lite...

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

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Before the Civil War, Canada ...

Before the Civil War, Canada was at the top of the underground railroad. If you made it into Canada, you were safe unless someone came and hauled you back. That was also true during the Vietnam War for draft resisters.

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I was once a graduate student...

I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply a vehicle for private expression, but that it also exists for social examination. I firmly believe this.

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Gardening is not a rational a...

Gardening is not a rational act.

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Communications technology cha...

Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you're addicted to online reading, but as soon as it isn't available anymore, your brain will pretty immediately adjust to other forms of reading. It's a habit like all habits.

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We thought we were running aw...

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

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A divorce is like an amputati...

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

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The beginning of Canadian cul...

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....