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Inspirational Quotes by George Oppen
- The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity.
- There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.
- A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
- Things explain each other, not themselves.
- It is necessary to study these words you have written, for the words have a longer history than you have and say more than you…
- The self is no mystery, the mystery is / That there is something for us to stand on
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