Quote by Howard Nemerov
A chronicle is very different from history proper. - Howard Nemero

A chronicle is very different from history proper. – Howard Nemerov

Other quotes by Howard Nemerov

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadows speed. – Howard Nemerov

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Science
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Ive never read a political poem thats accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants. – Howard Nemerov

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Poetry
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For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. – Howard Nemerov

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Business
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History
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Great writing can be done in biography, history, art. – V. S. Naipaul

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History

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery. – Samuel Johnson

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History

I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all. – Alan Shepard

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History

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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History

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I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government. – John Rowland

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No barber shaves so close but another finds his work. – English Proverb

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Perfection

American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party. – Sue Lawley, 1985

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Football

One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and again. That is fine if it is what you want to do, but I would rather be locked in the trunk of my car with a weasel than write the same book every three years until I die. – Justin Cronin

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car