Quote by Harry Mathews
Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limit

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. – Harry Mathews

Other quotes by Harry Mathews

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say theyre saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. – Harry Mathews

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Poetry
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Well, I had this little notion – I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it it was my great refuge through adolescence. – Harry Mathews

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Poetry
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Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift. – Harry Mathews

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Translation
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My work is about life as you and I experience it. Youre either lucky or youre not lucky either your relationship works or it doesnt. – Mike Leigh

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Weve been able to access deals that under our former relationship with Disney – with tax advantages and strategic partners – that we just werent able to do. – Harvey Weinstein

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relationship

Money creates a power relationship between the payer and the payee. – Joichi Ito

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relationship

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. – Tony Parsons

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. – Abigail Adams

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If you think practicing what you preach is rough, just try preaching what you practice. – Bowen Baxter

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