“I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault.”
Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer
On Writing Poetry (1995)
Congressional hearing http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN13374647, February 13, 2008.
“I became a poet at the age of sixteen. I did not intend to do it. It was not my fault.”
Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer
On Writing Poetry (1995)
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Iowa Caucus Victory Speech, Delivered at the Iowa Democratic caucus on 3 January 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZaq-YKCnE <br class="br">2008
Mike Huckabee (1955) Arkansas politician
[Republican Presidential Debate, 2007-06-05, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/05/se.01.html, CNN]
asked whether he believes God created the universe in six literal days 6,000 years ago
Republican Debates
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
Clinton denying that he had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSDAXGXGiEw. <br class="br">Remarks on the After-School Child Care Initiative, Roosevelt Room, White House Remarks on the After-School Child Care Initiative http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=56257 (January 26, 1998) <br class="br">1990s
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer
"Sun of Helioscope", in Castle of the Otter (1982), Reprinted in Gene Wolfe, Castle of Days (1992)
Nonfiction
“I think what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. I still believe that.”
Dick Cheney (1941) American politician and businessman
At the Ringling College Library Association Town Hall Lecture Series in Sarasota https://www.sarasotamagazine.com/articles/2017/1/23/dick-cheney-sarasota (January 2017) <br class="br">2010s, 2017
William G. Boykin (1948) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
atheism.about.com http://atheism.about.com/b/a/035044.htm, 2003.
“Did I dream this belief
or did I believe this dream
how I will find relief
I grieve…”
Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian
I Grieve
Song lyrics, City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture (1998)