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title: "3 Think Auden Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I think it was W.H. Auden who said he was lucky that his first favorite poet was Thomas Hardy, who was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchovny/i-think-it-was-w-h-auden-who-said-he-was-lucky-that-his-first/)

[David Duchovny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchovny/)

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> [I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stevie-smith/i-don-t-think-auden-liked-my-poetry-very-much-he-s-very-anglican/)

[Stevie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stevie-smith/)

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> [“In the shadow of skyscrapers, half-nude men in dugouts cast nets into the lagoon. The work of arms and shoulders. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teju-cole/in-the-shadow-of-skyscrapers-half-nude-men-in-dugouts-cast-nets-into/)

[Teju Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teju-cole/)

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