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Men expect too much, do too little. - Allen Tate

Men expect too much, do too little. – Allen Tate

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So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman. – Allen Tate

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Failure
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Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker. – Allen Tate

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Poetry
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There is probably nothing wrong with art for arts sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of poetry written in England forty years ago. – Allen Tate

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Poetry
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The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it. – Zig Ziglar

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The surest way to escape anxiety and defeat despair is action. Do, don’t dwell. – Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

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