Quote by Howard Nemerov
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with

I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks. – Howard Nemerov

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History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. Its one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldnt live without. – Howard Nemerov

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History
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Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadows speed. – Howard Nemerov

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History, a distillation of rumour. – Thomas Carlyle

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If I didnt have a front-row seat on history, it was at least a seat on the aisle. – Dan Rather

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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

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My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher. – David Soul

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The human condition today is better than its ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that. – Tom Clancy

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Just let me use the technology I want at a fair price. – Jonathan Potter

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