There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

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SHARON GLESS working document... not a take it or leave it document.
ARIEL SHARON When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.
SHARON CREECH I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is somet...
SHARON CREECH I really get pursued by men in their 20s, like, a lot. They probably know there's food in the fr...
SHARON STONE The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of dar...
ARIEL SHARON Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama...
SHARON GLESS What would happen in the U.S. to terrorists who are not citizens? In less than 24 hours, they would ...
ARIEL SHARON I was raised by my grandma and grandpa in Florida. My grandpa was a Primitive Baptist minister, and ...
SHARON SCOTT Sometimes our driver is the only person that our meals on wheels participants see everyday.
SHARON WILLARD We live in this world of great promise, where everything seems to offer an unchanging final happines...
SHARON SALZBERG I bid on the maidenhair fern at my garden club, and these hollyhocks came from my friend Millie's [S...
SHARON LANE It's difficult to admit to ourselves that we suffer. We feel humiliated, like we should have bee...
SHARON SALZBERG I don't think Julia Roberts is as innocent as her image suggests. You have to be a really smart ...
SHARON STONE If there is ever to be an end to the conflict, the Palestinians must recognize the Jewish people'...
ARIEL SHARON Every leaving of a Jewish community is a most difficult thing.
ARIEL SHARON Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that ...
ARIEL SHARON Until the '90s, major labels were looking for a certain look. This Sony guy told me I was 't...
SHARON JONES There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win.
SHARON POLLOCK It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves pri...
SHARON SALZBERG We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something ...
SHARON SALZBERG That's not it at all. Our gas stations are just like our stores, we'll certainly be competitive in t...
SHARON WEBER I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation p...
SHARON SALZBERG We can't give the truth to someone as an object, we can only point to it, inviting inspection. I...
SHARON SALZBERG It's an artistic sport; presenting a poodle is definitely a production.
SHARON STEVENS Netanyahu feels the heat, ... In any stressful situation he immediately panics and loses his cool.
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There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

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There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die.

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