"The vast majority of free verse is ghastly.……" — Felix Dennis
"The vast majority of free verse is ghastly. Utterly ghastly. No one reads it. No one listens to it."
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85 Quotes by Felix Dennis
Felix Dennis has 85 quotes on this site.
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Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous…
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The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of…
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Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come…
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It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can…
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going…
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People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That's just…
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Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on…
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When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose…
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Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.
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Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to…
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Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is…
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More Free Quotes
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would…
— Hannah Arendt
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always…
— Hannah Arendt
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the…
— Pietro Aretino
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The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The law is reason, free from passion.
— Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
— Aristotle
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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
— Richard Bach
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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,…
— Timothy Garton Ash
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WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical.
— Julian Assange
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They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this…
— Chinua Achebe
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He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he…
— Saint Augustine
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