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Quote by Leslie Fiedler
When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It

When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It was nothing like what I thought of as serious dancing and even then I knew I was having a great experience. It was as if somebody was moving through space like no one ever did before. – Leslie Fiedler

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All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldnt read it the way you read history or science. – Leslie Fiedler

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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays cant identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isnt yet historical. – Leslie Fiedler

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I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis. – Leslie Fiedler

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