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Inspirational Quotes by Howard Nemerov
- I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.
- A lot happens by accident in poetry.
- A chronicle is very different from history proper.
- I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That's one of the things you learn not to know.
- Mostly the thought and the verse come inseparably. In my poem Poetics, it's as close as I come to telling how I do it.
- Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.
- I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.
- I have a plot, but not much happens.
- Once in awhile you have a thought, and you rhyme it.
- [T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
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- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento