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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

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Poetrys always dead, you know? You dont realize how good poetry is until 15 years later. – Richard Hell

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Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the language that Ive found myself living in much of the time. I think the two feed each other. – Marilyn Hacker

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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song. – Phil Ochs

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I used to joke that if acting didnt work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. – Merritt Wever

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I wouldnt say Im a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, Ill want to take it further or adapt it in some way. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You dont see that in Italy or Spain. Its not because they cant afford to buy them, its because thats not what eating together as a family is about. – Emeril Lagasse

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Truth is heavy, so few men carry it. – Jewish Folk Saying

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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. – George Eliot

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