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Quote by Ezra Pound
Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rig

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. – Ezra Pound

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I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic — I mean my motion. – Ezra Pound

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Exile
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Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music. – Ezra Pound

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Music
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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. Its listed as part of the poetic training, you know. – Ezra Pound

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Trust
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Erudition. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. – Ambrose Bierce

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He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine revelation. – Margaret Halsey

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He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. – William Hazlitt

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Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. – Harry Mathews

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I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control peoples opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did. – Leonardo DiCaprio

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Im a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years Ive really had to decide whats important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business. – Diana Ross

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