Robert Morgan
Robert Morgan
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Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.
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A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising.
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A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does.
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I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else.
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If a poem is not memorable, there's probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable.
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Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing.
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In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.
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What language shall I borrow To thank Thee, dearest Friend, For this, Thy dying sorrow, Thy pity without end? O make me Thine forever, And should I fainting be, Lord, let me never, never Outlive my love for Thee.
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We made some tough decisions and now we need to stick to them and hope for better times. We can?t let emotions get in the way of decisions.
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We came up. We thought we'd be here about nine months. Things just clicked. The timing was good.
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With the latest increase, New Jersey families will spend another $543 to send their children to Rutgers this year. That's an unexpected expense that will put a strain on most families' budgets. We're asking our colleagues in the state Legislature to join us in supporting this bill's passage so that this does not happen again next year. We have a historic commitment to make higher education available to our students.
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We're looking forward to making this bill a bipartisan effort and to seeing it move in the Legislature when we are back in session during the fall.
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We felt like we had to buy some time. I sure am glad I'm not playing this week. The course is ready, it's in good shape. It's just the whole mental attitude of people. We are just so inundated. Everybody is tired and overworked. I just don't think, psychologically, the people in this area are ready to support a golf tournament. And buying the extra 30 days is going to make all the difference in the world.
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When we examined budget issues last year, we realized if we kept going the way we were going, we would have to increase taxes 28 percent over four years and we had to look at ways to compromise.