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Them Quotes by Norman MacCaig
- But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's…
- If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.
- All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are…
- I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.
- In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing…
- There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened -…
- However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like…
- And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it.
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- 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
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster