Quote by Mark Strand
Its very hard to write humor. - Mark Strand

Its very hard to write humor. – Mark Strand

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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written. – Mark Strand

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Poetry
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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. – Mark Strand

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Poetry
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And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. – Mark Strand

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Poetry
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Humor
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Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of mans superiority to all that befalls him. – Romain Gary

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Humor

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Humor

Humor has been the balm of my life, but its been reserved for those close to me, not part of the public Lana. – Lana Turner

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Humor

Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world. So if it is correct to say that humor was stamped out in Nazi Germany, that does not mean that people were not in good spirits, or anything of that sort, but something much deeper and more important. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Humor

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People can die of mere imagination. – Geoffrey Chaucer

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The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and Ive seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. – Dominic Chianese

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Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation. – James Allen

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I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever travel all through the audience and dig whatever its like out there. – Bill Kreutzmann

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