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Quote by David Antin
The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly run

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin. – David Antin

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While Ive had a great distaste for whats usually called song in modern poetry or for whats usually called music, I really dont think of speech as so far from song. – David Antin

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Poetry
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David Antin
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I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. Its hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do. – David Antin

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Poetry
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David Antin
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When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. – David Antin

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Experience
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Future
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Never make predictions, especially about the future. – Casey Stengel

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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever. – George Orwell

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I learn from thinking about the future, what hasnt been done yet. Thats kind of my constant obsession. – John Cale

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A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that youve talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it. – Patti Stanger

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Future

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