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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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John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

John Russell: Sanity calms, but...

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

Source:
-- John Russell, (Jan 3...

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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: Action will furnish...

Arthur Hugh Clough: Action will furnish...

Action will furnish belief, - but will that belief be the true one? This is the point, you...

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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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Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

Vachel Lindsay: I am unjust,...

I am unjust, but I can strive for justice.
My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
I, the unloving, say...

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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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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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Andrew Marvell: Gather the flowers,...

Andrew Marvell: Gather the flowers,...

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Source: The Picture of Little T.C. in a...

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Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

Luigi Pirandello: When the characters...

When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

Ethel Watts Mumford: There was a...

There was a young person of Tottenhem,
Whose manners, good Lord! she'd forgotten 'em.


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Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Aphra Behn: Love's a thin...

Love's a thin diet, nor will keep out cold.

Source: The Lucky Chance, 1686.
--...

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Neil Simon: You must realize...

Neil Simon: You must realize...

You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into...

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Robert Frost: The brain is...

Robert Frost: The brain is...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poetry lifts the...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not...

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Virgil: They are able...

Virgil: They are able...

They are able because they think they are able.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Pindar: Every gift, though...

Pindar: Every gift, though...

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

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