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Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Richard Armour: Until Eve arrived,...

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Source: In Sisterhood is Powerful.
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Countee Cullen: The play is...

Countee Cullen: The play is...

The play is done, the crowds depart; and see
That twisted tortured thing hung from a tree,
Swart victim of a...

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Denise Levertov: The poem has...

Denise Levertov: The poem has...

The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has kinetic force, it sets in...

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Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Anne Bradstreet: Authority without wisdom...

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge: fitter to bruise than...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities.

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Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

Stephane Mallarme: The pure work...

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the...

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John Ashbery: There is the...

John Ashbery: There is the...

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation...

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Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

Arthur Hugh Clough: If hopes were...

If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.

Source: Say Not the Struggle Nought...

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Francis Thompson: The innocent moon,...

Francis Thompson: The innocent moon,...

The innocent moon, that nothing does but shine,
Moves all the labouring surges of the...

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Eliza Cook: I love it,...

Eliza Cook: I love it,...

I love it, I love it; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old arm-chair?


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Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: I am so...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr: I am so...

I am so tired and weary,
So tired of endless fight,
So weary of waiting the dawn
And finding endless...

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Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse<br>has brought...

Vladimir Mayakovsky: My verse
has brought...

My verse
has brought me
no roubles to spare:
no craftsmen have made
mahogany chairs for my...

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Henry John Newbolt: There's a breathless...

Henry John Newbolt: There's a breathless...

There's a breathless hush in the Close tonight -
Ten to make and the match to win -
A bumping pitch and a...

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Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

Jenny Joseph: But maybe I...

But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When...

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Marlon Brando: If you want...

Marlon Brando: If you want...

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate...

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Richard Burton: If you're going...

Richard Burton: If you're going...

If you're going to make rubbish, be the best rubbish in it.

Source: On his films,...

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Richard Burton: I've done the...

Richard Burton: I've done the...

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning.

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Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

Oscar Wilde: The only thing...

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing...

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Joanne Woodward: There can be...

Joanne Woodward: There can be...

There can be no one best way of organizing a business.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Edith Evans: Death is my...

Edith Evans: Death is my...

Death is my neighbour now.

Source: Said a week before her death. BBC radio...

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