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Them Quotes by David Antin
- Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
- I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of…
- The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to…
- I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.
- I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker.
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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