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

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For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. – Howard Nemerov

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It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead. – E.M. Forster, Abinger Harvest

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Theres something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things. – Tim Burton

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Hip-hops always reached out to kids. If you look at the last 10 big albums it might seem ironic. But when I look at the history of this music its always had a lot of positivity. – LL Cool J

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A chronicle is very different from history proper. – Howard Nemerov

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Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. – Isaac Asimov

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