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Quote by James Buchan
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contai

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. – James Buchan

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Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. – James Buchan

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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required. – James Buchan

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My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine

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Poetry

To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes to hear it is to see it with our ears. – Octavio Paz

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Poetry

Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words. – Anatole Broyard

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Poetry

Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses. – Vicente Aleixandre

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