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My desk, most loyal friend
thank you. You've been with me on
every road I've taken.
My scar and my protection.
Marina Tsvetaeva
offices
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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 pm to make th ...
Fred Allen
offices
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We must rest here, for this is where the teacher comes.
On his desk stands a vase of tears.
John Ashbery
schools | teachers
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When the storm rattles my windowpane
I'll stay hunched at my desk, it will roar in vain ...
John Ashbery
spring | self | will
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Determined to place the letter
On the unassassinated president's desk ...
John Ashbery
assassination | stamps
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I feel the carousel starting slowly
And going faster and faster: desk, papers, books, ...
John Ashbery
anxiety
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Worry and brown desk
Stain it by infusion. There aren't enough tags at the end, ...
John Ashbery
work | life
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We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the lim ...
Calvin Coolidge
politics | government
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Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a d ...
Annie Dillard
imagination | writers and writing
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Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your ...
Annie Dillard
work: positive aspects | writers and writing
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