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James Russell Lowell
A poet must need be
A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
When the water is calm,
When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!
51
Haris naeem dhoraji
Coffee black, water tap, whisky
Coffee black, water tap, whisky neat.
26
Orson Welles
Hollywood is the only industry,
Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories for the purpose of experimentation.
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Stefan Kanfer
Inside every man there is
Inside every man there is a poet who died young.
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Allie
Problems are like heavy wind,when
Problems are like heavy wind,when they come accept it like a wind kissing you, your skin, which feels a cold touch!
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Orson Welles
The laws and the stage,
The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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Sunny Mathew Cheruthanniyil
It is absolutely impossible to
It is absolutely impossible to be a rich Christian " Because he does not follow Jesus.Jesus answered, Mark 12:30 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
A French proverb says ‘Wait
A French proverb says ‘Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.’ To tell it more precise, wait till the clock strikes the midnight!
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Horace
Mediocrity is not allowed to
Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.
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Anonymous
life is like a bed
life is like a bed of roses so watch out for the thorns
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Orson Welles
The ideal American type is
The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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TR Nunley
I want you to look
I want you to look at me…..I was born in this life and I will die in this life…..where I go after this life is my own concern. But while I am on this earth….I am not above you or below you…I am your equal and I should be treated like your equal. I should have the right to marry if you have that right. I should have the right to leave my spouse a pension if you may leave your spouse a pension. My dignity is at stake and I need you to look at me and care about my well being, on earth.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are two classes of
There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
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Orson Welles
I want to give the
I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Ahmed Korayem
The object of the poet
The object of the poet is not to accurately describe an emotion brought about from an experience, but rather, the poem is an acknowledgement that words have rendered themselves useless and the attempt to write is merely an acknowledgement of that moment
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
If you are sure of
If you are sure of tomorrow, there is no fool greater than you!
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William Ellery Channing
Most joyful the Poet be;
Most joyful the Poet be;
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Ahmed Korayem
You can kill the poet
You can kill the poet but never his rhyme
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Orson Welles
Ecstasy is not really part
Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
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Mehmet Murat Ildan
Once upon a time millions
Once upon a time millions applauded and supported Adolf Hitler; ignorant masses often cannot see the simple truths and evidently they do not have the ability to see the very clear ends! The stupidity of the ignorant masses has been proven thousands of times in the history! Each time they follow the wrong leader and in the end fall in the cesspool!
39
Berenson
The artist, depicting man disdainful
The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing Nature and Humanity, rejoices in its measureless superiority to human passions and human sorrows.
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Orson Welles
I don't say we all
I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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Ahmed Korayem
It is not that whichever
It is not that whichever we believe in is wrong or right. It is the mere fact that we believe in something. That is the crux of sanity.
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