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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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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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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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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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Future
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My mission is a cosmic mission. My concern is for all of humanity, and not only this present world, but the world hereafter. My mission penetrates the past, present, and future, and encompasses all humanity. – Sun Myung Moon

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Im always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things. – Herbie Hancock

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The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. – Julia Gillard

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The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery

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