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> [Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the last place where I hear women's hair rhapsodically described, women's faces acclaimed in odelike language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hecht/television-excites-me-because-it-seems-to-be-the-last-stamping-ground/)

[Ben Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hecht/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/ben-hecht-8979_excites_television-excites-me-because-it-seems-t_482168.png)

> [I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-stevenson/i-m-not-really-quiet-or-shy-ask-any-of-my-friends-but-i-always-ground/)

[Anne Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-stevenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/anne-stevenson-19324_art_i-m-not-really-quiet-or-shy-ask-any-of-m_1338445.png)

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