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And proposing a right to the pursuit of happiness may seduce us, by a kind of word-magic, into thinking that happiness is just the thing.
Over the moon: Adam Phillips on the happiness myth Adam Phillips 2010
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I mean, "I'm holding you so tight/You coulda been a handle" and "The way you swept me off my feet/You could have been a broom" are comic but earnest at the same time, playing with the transformative power of poetic diction-the polysemous word-magic of simile that can turn anything into anything in the hands of a magician like Smokey.
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(Sorry to all those reporters that asked me about what I saw, I was nervous you'd work your word-magic with my responses.)
Perfect Duluth Day | Duluth MN Blog, Events, News and More lw 2009
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