"I see slip to the curb the long……" — Karl Shapiro
"I see slip to the curb the long machines Out of whose warm and windowed rooms pirouette Shellacked with silk and light The hard legs of our women."
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Karl Shapiro
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23 Quotes by Karl Shapiro
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The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of…
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Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems.
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Laughter and grief join hands. Always the heart Clumps in the breast with heavy stride; The face grows lined and…
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But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love, And I touch you again as you tick in the…
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent?
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold…
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The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What…
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The…
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How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers…
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A man's house is his stage. Others walk on to play their bit parts. Now and again a soliloquy, a…
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What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't…
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
— Fanny Burney
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And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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He [the golfer] must have the courage to keep trying in the face of ill luck or disappointment, and timidity…
— Bobby Jones
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Childish fantasy, like the sheath over the bud, not only protects but curbs the terrible budding spirit, protects not only…
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who…
— Amy Poehler
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The nicest thing about coaching is that one day you feel like you can play handball against a curb, and…
— Al McGuire
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O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from…
— William Blake
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They can change every name in South Africa, but it won't change the fact that the government has failed to…
— Unknown Author
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The bleak truth is that, under normal conditions, most of North America and Europe are buried under about 1.5km of…
— Philip K. Chapman
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A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.…
— Anthony Trollope
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I do try and curb my mouth, but I find it really hard. I wonder how many jobs I've talked…
— Anna Chancellor
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