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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. – Thomas Hardy

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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. – Oscar Wilde

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When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images. – Niels Bohr

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Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. – Macklemore

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You know, bad poetry I wrote in high school can still be found on the Internet, and, you know, theres a Web log of our college newspaper. You know, theres so many different stages of my creative development are sort of on-record if somebody were to choose to look for them. – Lena Dunham

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