Quote by Ezra Pound
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of li

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. – Ezra Pound

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The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy. – Ezra Pound

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AS A MIND, who the hell else is there left for me to take an interest IN?? – Ezra Pound

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I dunno what my 23 infantile years in America signify. I left as soon as motion was autarchic — I mean my motion. – Ezra Pound

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The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. – George Berkeley

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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison

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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing mens clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am. – Madeleine Albright

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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. – Ernest Hemingway

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In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations. – Armstrong Williams

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But while mum and dad were incredibly caring, it was also a very chaotic household where everyone fought about everything. So I know what its like to internalize all that chaos. – Dave Eggers

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