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The kind of poetry to avoid in the pretty-pretty kind that pleased our grandmothers, the kind that Longfellow and Tennyson, good poets at their best,… — Clifton Fadiman
The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry… — Teresa Palmer
It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as hopeless - abandoning… — Allen Ginsberg
Mab Jones' poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years. She is a superb performance poet in the tradition of… — Unknown Author
I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two others… — Corin Nemec
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. — Robin Williams
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. — Robin Williams
We were romantics. We didn't just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created,… — Robin Williams
At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where… — Rene Auberjonois
Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. — Vanessa Redgrave
I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my… — Amanda Seyfried
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers,… — Shelby Foote
Poets, come out of your closets, Open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too long in your closed worlds... Poetry should… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not. — Patti Smith
You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement… — Cary Grant
Witchcraft offers the model of a religion of poetry, not theology. It presents metaphors, not doctrines, and leaves open the possibility of reconciliation of science… — Starhawk
Dont be someone elses slogan because you are poetry. — Sandra Bullock
Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart. — Cheryl Hines
To fine that light within--that's the genius of poetry. — Julie Harris
I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry — Amber Tamblyn
And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as… — Amber Tamblyn
Truth speaks best in the language of poetry and symbolism, I think. — Grant Morrison
I'm not really one for fancy, big words and poetry, and the scriptwriters worked very hard on 'Paradise Lost' to translate it. — Callan McAuliffe
If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in… — Glen Hansard
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners… — Emilio Estevez

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