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Quote by André Gide

“Therefore” is a word the poet must not know. – André Gide

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In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself. РAndr̩ Gide

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Self-Discovery
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André Gide
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What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. РAndr̩ Gide

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Writing
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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. – Emily Dickinson

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Poetry

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there… Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. – Ezra Pound

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Poetry

The poetry and transgression that was so much of surrealisms anarchic force has been recruited into mainstream culture. It has been made commonplace by television and magazine merchandising, by computer games and Internet visuals, by film and MTV, by the fashion shoot. – Graham Joyce

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Poetry

Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them. – John Drinkwater

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Poetry

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Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. – Paracelsus

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Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task. – Richard Leakey

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Police and firefighters are great, but they dont create wealth. They protect it. Thats crucial. Teaching is a wonderful profession. Teachers help educate people to become good citizens so that citizens can then go create wealth. But they dont create the wealth themselves. – Rush Limbaugh

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Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree. – Blaise Pascal

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