"Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically……" — Allen Tate
"Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment."
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37 Quotes by Allen Tate
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Men expect too much, do too little.
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Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
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How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the…
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Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.
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A poem may be an instance of morality, of social conditions, of psychological history; it may instance all its qualities,…
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At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at…
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The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and…
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But in our age the appeal to authority is weak, and I am of my age.
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The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!
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I believe the term modulation denotes in music the uninterrupted shift from one key to another: I do not know…
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According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not…
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I am not ridiculing verbal mechanisms, dreams, or repressions as origins of poetry; all three of them and more besides…
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be…
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There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why…
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If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then…
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I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut…
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All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa…
— Ernie Pyle
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was…
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Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling…
— Ron Suskind
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The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I…
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Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically.
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People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It…
— Sugar Ray Leonard
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I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount…
— Emily Mortimer
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As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just…
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